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    Challenge to Permits Issued by Landmarks Fails on Appeal

    Court Decisions  •  Meatpacking District, Manhattan

    Gansevoort Market Development Rendering. Image credit: BKSK.

    Preservationists renewed challenge to LPC permit for redevelopment of 5-building blockface in Gansevoort Market Historic District. In June of 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to award Certificates of Appropriateness to developer 60-74 Gansevoort Street to redevelop five buildings in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The work planned encompasses an entire blockfront composed of three tax lots between Greenwich and Washington Streets. The project entails the construction of new 82-foot-tall building replacing a former bus depot, a four story building replacing a former market structures, the construction of an addition to an existing building,  the restoration of a historic Moderne market building, as well as the preservation of historic facades. (more…)

    Tags : 60-74 gansevoort street, Gansevoort Market Historic District, Meatpacking District, permits
    Date: 03/01/2018
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    Property tax on $111 million sale upheld

    Court Decisions  •  Property Tax Exemption  •  Herald Square, Manhattan

    Realty company claimed property transfer was exempt from City taxes. In April 2007, the Gramercy Capital Corporation purchased a forty-five percent ownership share in the Marbridge building at 2 Herald Square in Manhattan, and the SL Green Realty Corporation purchased the remaining fifty-five percent interest. In December 2010, the two owners formed the 2 Herald Owner LLC and each transferred their respective interests into the Owner LLC. On the same day in December 2010, SL Green bought out Gramercy’s membership interest in the Owner LLC for $111,375,000. (more…)

    Date: 01/15/2018
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    No sidewalk shed violation at stopped job

    Court Decisions, Department Of Buildings  •  Construction safety  •  Flushing, Queens

    35-03 Leavitt Street, Queens. Image: Google Maps.

    Buildings cited unsafe conditions at inactive construction site and served construction supervisor. Dennis Chen, the construction superintendent of a construction project located at 35-03 Leavitt Street, Queens, was responsible for safety on the construction site.  In 2014, the project stalled because of inaccurate design calculations. On March 23, 2016, the Department of Buildings served construction superintendent Chen with three summonses relating to hazardous conditions at the construction site. The issuing officer observed a hazardous gap between the sidewalk shed and the fence where construction debris could fall off the construction site and endanger pedestrians on the sidewalk. At the time of the inspection, the construction site was inactive. (more…)

    Tags : department of buildings
    Date: 01/12/2018
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    Plumber fined for 159 gas errors

    Court Decisions, Department Of Buildings  •  Plumbing  •  Citywide

    Master Plumber submitted a large number of erroneous gas turn-on requests. The Department of Buildings surveyed all plumbing requests for sign-off and gas authorizations made by New York City licensed master plumbers between April 1, 2016 and October 31, 2016. The inspections by master licensed plumbers should ensure that all the necessary work and inspections have been accomplished prior to submitting a request for turning on the gas. Buildings identified ten licensed master plumbers who had the highest denial rates for plumbing sign-off requests and gas authorizations. Among them was master licensed plumber Valentino Buono. (more…)

    Date: 12/28/2017
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    Court Rules Permit to Disconnect Historic Clock was Irrationally Issued

    Court Decisions  •  Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Tribeca, Manhattan

    346 Broadway. Image Credit: Brett.

    Landmarks permit that would have seen designated interior converted to inaccessible private residence, and historic clock mechanism disconnected, is ruled to have been issued irrationally and influenced by erroneous legal counsel. The Landmark Preservation Commission designed spaces in the former New York Life Insurance Building, located at 346 Broadway, constructed in 1894 to 1898, as an interior City landmark in 1987. The designation included the 13th floor clock tower, which held the four glass clock faces and the clock mechanism, driven by a 1000-pound weight, with a 5,000-pound bell above the mechanism. At the time of designation, the property was owned by the City, and the clock tower was occupied by a gallery, artist studios, and a public service radio station. (more…)

    Tags : Civic Center Community Group LLC, Commissioner Adi Shamir-Baron, Mark Silberman, New York Life Insurance Building
    Date: 12/20/2017
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