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    Scenic Landmark Designation of Coney Island Boardwalk Proceeds

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Hearing  •  Coney Island, Brooklyn

    Coney Island Boardwalk. Image credit: LPC.

    Many speakers asked Landmarks to seek more binding control to ensure the boardwalk’s wood planking is replaced in kind. The Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the potential scenic landmark designation of the Coney Island Boardwalk at its meeting on April 17, 2018. The designation would include the boardwalk and all structures on it, including furniture, concession pavilions, comfort stations, and lifeguard stations. A 100-foot-wide corridor of sand below and adjoining the boardwalk would be included in the designation. (more…)

    Tags : Boardwalk, Coney Island, Coney Island Boardwalk, landmark, Mermaid Parade, scenic landmark
    Date: 04/26/2018
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    Stuccoing of 19th-Century Governors Island Red-Brick Ordnance Storehouse Approved

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Binding Report  •  Governors Island, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed changes to Governors Island Building 110. Image Credit: LPC

    In addition to re-facing to prevent further damage to the porous, water-damaged brick, work will aid expansion of tenant artists’ colony. On May 9, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved an application by the Trust for Governors Island to reclad an 1870s building constructed as an ordnance storehouse in stucco, with other alterations. The 300-foot-long two-and-a-half story building is part of the Governors Island Historic District. The red brick Romanesque Revival storehouse served as office space for the military in the 20th Century, and currently hosts artists’ residences, as well as studio and exhibition space, operated by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. The Trust’s Matt Blood and architect Nancy Rankin of John G. Waite Associates presented the plan. (more…)

    Tags : Governors Island Historic District, John G. Waite Associates, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Matt Blood, Nancy Rankin, Trust for Governors Island
    Date: 05/12/2017
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    Proposed Development Raised Community Ire, Deemed Out-of-Scale by Commissioners

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Rendering of 536 Halsey Street. Image Credit: LPC.

    Commissioners asked for revisions to proposal, which would see two garage buildings converted− one to an apartment building and the other into two townhouses. On March 28, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for two adjoining lots at 536 Halsey Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. The midblock site is occupied by two early-20th-century utilitarian buildings; a three-story Queen Anne-style structure built in 1904 and a one-story building. Both were used as parking garages until recently, when they were acquired by Brookland Capital. Brookland intends to redevelop the properties for residential use. (more…)

    Tags : Bedford-Stuyvesant/ Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, Brooklyn Community Board 3, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Kim Vauss, Commissioner Michael
    Date: 04/05/2017
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    Subcommittee Delays Action on Three Landmark Designations

    City Council  •  Landmark Designations  •  Citywide

    Loew’s 175th Street Theater in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Image Credit: LPC.

    Six designations sent to full Council where they were ratified; three items held over for further deliberation. On February 27, 2017, City Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses heard testimony and voted on the items designated at the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s last meeting devoted to the backlog initiative. The designated properties were introduced to the Subcommittee by Landmarks’ Lisa Kersavage and Lauren George. The Subcommittee approved designations for six of the items, but laid over three items for further consideration in instances where the property owners objected to designation. The three items not advanced to the Land Use Committee and full Council were the Lakeman-Cortelyou House, the Loew’s 175th Street Theater, and the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing.

    Prior to hearing public testimony, Council Member Steven Matteo discussed the designation of the Lakeman-Cortleyou House in New Dorp, Staten Island. The House dates to the 17th century, with the oldest part of the building constructed of fieldstone, and possesses a gambrel roof. Commissioners at Landmarks were advised that designation would likely be overturned at the Council level, but nonetheless awarded the property landmarks status due to its antiquity and rarity. (more…)

    Tags : Bergdorf Goodman Building, City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Council Member Peter Koo, Council Member Steven Matteo, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Historic Districts Council, Lakeman House, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Municipal Art Society, Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing
    Date: 03/09/2017
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    City Planning Commission Approves Modified Affordable Housing Proposals

    City Planning Commission  •  Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    City Planning Commissioners preparing to begin the February 3rd meeting. Image credit: CityLand

    City Planning Commissioners preparing to begin the February 3rd meeting. Image credit: CityLand

    Despite expressing broad support for proposals, City Planning calls on City Council to make further modifications.  On February 3, 2016, the City Planning Commission voted to approve the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals, which are two of the major programs to be implemented under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan.  This was the first opportunity for City Planning to present its modified versions of the MIH and ZQA proposals since receiving highly critical testimony at its 13 hour hearing held on December 16, 2015.

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    Tags : affordable housing, City Planning Commission, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Donovan Richards, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Zoning for Quality and Affordability
    Date: 02/05/2016
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