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    Washington Square Park renovations get go-ahead

    Court Decisions  •  Article 78

    Renovations include shifting fountain 23 feet to align with arch. On December 3, 2007, Justice Joan Madden ruled that the Parks Department could proceed with its planned renovations to Washington Square Park, finding the agency’s Environmental Assessment Statement complied with all applicable State and City environmental review statutes and adequately analyzed the renovations’ impact on natural resources, open-space, and the surrounding neighborhood’s character.

    The ruling allows Parks to move forward with its plan to renovate the park, which includes expanding lawn areas, decreasing the paved area surrounding the fountain, and restoring and reconfiguring other features within the park such as its statues, pathways, and playgrounds. (more…)

    Date: 12/15/2007
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    Plaza’s interiors designated; renovations approved

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation/Certificate of Appropriateness/ Change of Use  •  Midtown, Manhattan

    $350 million restoration to include re-creation of the Palm Court’s original 1907 laylight. On July 12, 2005, Landmarks voted to designate eight interior rooms in the Plaza Hotel; the Palm Court, the Grand Ballroom, the Terrace and Edwardian Rooms, the Oak Room and Oak Bar, and the 59th Street and Fifth Avenue lobbies. The Plaza’s exterior had been designated in 1969.

    Landmarks calendared the interior rooms’ designation after the Plaza’s new owners, Elad Properties, filed a change of use application with the City, seeking to allow permanent retail space in areas like the Terrace and Edwardian Rooms as part of its proposed conversion of the hotel to condominiums. 2 CityLand 41 (Apr. 15, 2005). After two public hearings where there was strong support for the interior rooms’ designation (2 CityLand 92 (Jul. 15, 2005)), all Commissioners on July 12, 2005 enthusiastically and unanimously approved their designation. Chair Robert B. Tierney summed up his feelings by saying it was a proud moment for Landmarks and that he could not think of a series of rooms that were more evocative of New York City and its history. (more…)

    Tags : 768 Fifth Avenue, Case No. 05-5548, Case No. 05-5558, Case Nos. 05-5558, Elad Properties, Plaza Hotel, The Plaza Hotel Interiors
    Date: 08/15/2005
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    General Motors Plaza renovations approved

    City Council  •  Text Amendment  •  Midtown, Manhattan

    Redesign will feature a glass cube in the center of the plaza and a more accessible public space. On June 23, 2005, the City Council approved a text amendment to the Special Midtown District allowing renovations to the General Motors building plaza, located at 767 Fifth Avenue between East 59th and East 58th Streets. The text amendment was necessary to alter the street wall and retail continuity requirements, which require that larger developments be built at the street wall.

    The most prominent feature in the plaza’s redesign will be the construction of a 32-foot transparent glass cube in the center of the plaza fronting Fifth Avenue. The cube will contain an elevator and a glass stairway and will serve as an entryway to a 25,000-square-foot underground retail space. Other renovations to the Fifth Avenue frontage include regrading the plaza to lower its overall height, and adding two reflecting pools, tables and chairs, trees and planters, and a wide stone ledge around its perimeter for added seating. Renovations will also take place on the Madison Avenue side of the building, which will lose its open area when the retail space is extended out to the property line. (more…)

    Tags : 767 Fifth Avenue, General Motors Plaza, Manhattan Community Board 5
    Date: 07/15/2005
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    Renovations approved for fashion studio

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Gansevoort Market, Manhattan

    Renowned fashion designer sought to increase light and space of studio. Designer Diane von Furstenberg sought alterations to her existing retail studio located at 440-442 West 14th Street in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Developed in 1887, the building is an example of neo-Grec and Queen Anne style French flats, which contribute to the special architectural and historic character of the district.

    Von Furstenberg and architect Daniel Wood of the Work Architecture Company proposed to alter the front facade by installing a new glazed storefront, a metal and corrugated glass wraparound canopy and new single-paned windows. Also proposed were a metal-clad rear yard addition, an asymmetrical rooftop addition and a laminated stone and glass skylight, to facilitate more natural light in the studio. (more…)

    Tags : 440-442 West 14th Street, Diane von Furstenberg, Gansevoort Market Historic District, Work Architecture Company
    Date: 02/15/2005
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    City Council Holds Hearing to Address Deed Fraud Crisis

    City Council  •  Deed Fraud  •  Citywide

    Council Member Robert E. Cornegy. Image Credit: NY City Council

    Proposed legislation would include requirements to provide information about how to respond to suspected deed fraud. On October 13, 2020, the City Council Committee of Housing and Buildings and the Committee on Finance held an oversight hearing examining the City’s deed theft and deed fraud crisis, and discussed two bills and a resolution aimed at combatting deed theft: Int 1913, Int 1919, and Res 1427. (more…)

    Tags : City Council, deed fraud
    Date: 11/09/2020
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