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Certificate of Appropriateness Testimony LPC-22-11852
91 8th Avenue – Park Slope Historic District
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
A French neo-Grec style row house built in 1883. Application is to modify window openings and install a rear deck.
Architect: Harper Architecture, PC
HDC found this proposal to be modest, handsome and entirely appropriate. Our one comment is that we believe the applicant should put further consideration and study into how the large masonry opening, its structural support and the articulation of the wood brick moldings are detailed.
 LPC-22-09901
511 East 16th Street – Ditmas Park Historic District
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
A Bungalow style house designed by Arlington D. Isham and built in 1909. Application is to replace entrance stairs.
HDC appreciates this applicant’s efforts and the problem they are trying to solve. We do not though believe that this solution is the correct one. We found the precedent images did not support the proposed design and believe that a well-detailed wood stair remains the appropriate solution for this handsome bungalow.
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LPC-22-08983
113 Warwick Avenue – Douglaston Historic District
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
A Colonial Revival style freestanding house designed by John C.W. Cadoo and built in 1922. Application is to modify and construct additions and dormers, modify the rear façade, install substitute materials, and replace an entrance portico and windows.
HDC believes that this applicant may be on the right track, but has not yet reached the destination.
Side extensions for this building could work, but need to be more diminutive in their bulk and perhaps less symmetrically fenestrated on the main floor.
To be more specific, we find the third-floor-roof geometry, specifically the gables, to be awkward. Perhaps a flat metal roof would help solve this problem. Alternately, a one story extension on one side playing against a two-story extension on the other side would allow this project to look more composed and less stiff.
The bulk and fenestration of the first floor extensions are also too similar and make it appear as if they contain identical interior functions. Playing with the articulation of the façade to reflect the true use could be a way to enliven and balance the façade.
Finally the proposed front façade entry portico and vestibule are inappropriate. The original configuration and detailing evident in the tax photo should be re-created.
LPC-22-11747
138 Waverly Place – Greenwich Village Historic District
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
A church rectory designed by George H. Streeton and built in 1895. Application is to install fencing at the areaway and stoop, and a light fixture.
Architect: ABBArchitecture.
HDC finds this application to be in need of further refinement. In particular, we object to the removal of the medallion over the front door and the height of the proposed ironwork. We believe the ironwork should rise no higher than the level of the building’s current water table or basement level.
LPC-22-07597
270 West 89th Street – Riverside – West End Historic District
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
A Semitic style community house designed by Herts & Abramson and built in 1927-1928. Application is to replace windows.
Architect: Howard L. Zimmerman
HDC believes that these are protected windows and should therefore be restored or replaced in such a way as to maintain their original intent. We would also note that the interior images presented by the applicant show the consistency of the interior muntin pattern to be an apparently important part of the building’s form.
