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    Commissioners Allow Demolition of Two Low-Rise Structures to Make Way for New Development

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Ladies’ Mile, Manhattan
    Image Credit: Morris Adjmi & LI/Saltzman Architects.

    Proposed Development. Image Credit: Morris Adjmi & LI/Saltzman Architects.

    The two sites, which together constitute one through-block lot, will host new ten- and 13-story buildings designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. On June 22, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved an application to demolish two structures in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District, at 21West 17th Street, and 16 West 18th Street, and replace them with a 13-story and a ten-story building, respectively. The two lots face each other at the rear, and together make for one through-block parcel. The existing buildings on both lots have histories dating to the 19th century, but retain little or no historic fabric. The planned new buildings were designed by architect Morris Adjmi, who has successfully shepherded other projects in the neighborhood through Landmarks approval process. The properties are officially owned by 17-18 Management Company LLC, but the Real Deal reports they are owned and being developed by C.A. White. (more…)

    Tags : Andre Dolkart, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Drive to Protect Ladies' Mile District, Greenberg Traurig, Ladies' Mile Historic District, Li/Saltzman Architects, Morris Adjmi Architects, Municipal Art Society
    Date: 07/05/2016
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    Third Proposal for Ladies’ Mile Location Since 2001

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Ladies' Mile, Manhattan
    Rendering of proposed building at 38-42 West 18th Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: Morris Adjmi Architects.

    Rendering of proposed building at 38-42 West 18th Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: Morris Adjmi Architects.

    Morris Adjmi-designed proposal would be taller than previous approvals, but would not include any additions to existing buildings. On September 23, 2013, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for two existing buildings and a vacant lot at 38-42 West 18th Street in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District. Landmarks has already voted twice to approve developments at this site in recent years, once in 2001, and once in 2008, but neither project came to fruition. The current proposal, unlike the previously approved ones, would not include any additions to the existing historic structures at 40 and 42 West 18th Street, but the new through-block building would be taller than in the earlier plans. The existing buildings would be restored as part of the plan, with much of the facade materials requiring complete replacement. The new building is planned for residential use, with three stories of commercial space at the base. (more…)

    Tags : Drive to Protect Ladies' Mile District, Historic Districts Council, Ladies' Mile Historic District, Morris Adjmi Architects
    Date: 10/03/2014
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    Proposed Demolition of Two Historic Buildings Would Make Way for 14-story Development

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Ladies’ Mile, Manhattan
    Rendering of proposed buildings on 51 and 53 West 19th Street in the Ladies' Mile Historic District. Image Credit: Smith-Miller and Hawkinson Architects.

    Rendering of proposed buildings on 51 and 53 West 19th Street in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District. Image Credit: Smith-Miller and Hawkinson Architects.

    While praising design of proposed new structure, commissioners generally agreed that demolition of contributing buildings in a historic district was inappropriate.  On April 1, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal to demolish two adjoining buildings in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District at 51 and 53 West 19th Street, and build a 14-story residential structure at the site. Both buildings, constructed for residential use in 1854, were significantly altered in the 1920s when the buildings were converted for commercial purposes. The applicants, Property 51, LLC, purchased the currently unoccupied buildings in 2013. (more…)

    Tags : 51 West 19th Street, 53 West 19th Street, Ladies' Mile Historic District, Landmarks Preservation, Manhattan Community Board 5, Property 51 LLC, Smith-Miller and Hawkinson Architects
    Date: 04/07/2014
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    BSA denies challenge to twelve-story homeless shelter

    Board of Standards & Appeals  •  Appeal  •  Chelsea, Manhattan

    Community group argued that proposed homeless shelter did not qualify as a hotel under the zoning resolution. Buildings in 2010 issued the Bowery Residents’ Committee a permit to convert a twelve-story factory building at 127 West 25th Street in Chelsea to a homeless shelter and offices. BRC planned to create a 32-bed chemical dependency crisis center, a 96-bed reception center for the homeless, a 200-bed homeless shelter, and two outpatient counseling programs serving up to 100 individuals. The site is zoned for manufacturing and, prior to applying for the permit, BRC received confirmation from Buildings that the homeless shelter would be considered an as-of-right transient hotel use.

    A group of local residents and business owners, known as the Chelsea Flatiron Coalition, opposed the shelter. The Coalition sued to stop the project, but a lower court stayed the litigation until the Coalition had exhausted its administrative remedies by challenging Buildings’ permit approval at BSA. (more…)

    Tags : 127 West 25th St., Board of Standards and Appeals, Bowery Residents' Committee, Chelsea Flatiron Coalition
    Date: 05/15/2011
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    Extension to Greenwich Village HD Proposed

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Hearing  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan

    The “South Village” extension would bring roughly 235 buildings under Landmarks jurisdiction. On October 27, 2009, Landmarks heard testimony on the proposed designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II. The proposal, referred to as the South Village Historic District by some, includes 235 buildings and consists of two sections contiguous to the Greenwich Village Historic District.

    The extension’s larger section encompasses eleven blocks generally bounded by West 4th Street to the north, West Houston Street to the south, Sixth Avenue to the east, and Seventh Avenue South to the west. The smaller section includes the west side of Seventh Avenue South between Leroy and Clarkson Streets. The area, characterized largely by Federal style and Greek Revival rowhouses from the early 19th century, also includes the 1926 Baroque-inspired Our Lady of Pompeii Church and the 1907 flatiron-shaped Varitype Building at West 4th Street and Sixth Avenue. (more…)

    Tags : Greenwich Village Historic District, Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, South Village Historic District
    Date: 11/15/2009
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