Public hearing held on 26-story, Norman Foster-designed addition to Madison Ave. building. On October 24, 2006, Landmarks held the first public hearing on the controversial proposal of Aby Rosen and RFR Holdings LLC to add a 26-story addition to the existing five-story building at 980 Madison between East 76th and East 77th Streets in Manhattan’s … <Read More>
Permit issued for two rooftop additions to historic Woolworth Building as part of change to residential use. In 2000, the Witkoff Group applied to Landmarks to add two, two-story rooftop additions to the wings of the Woolworth Building as part of its plan to convert the top stories of the designated landmark to residential use. Witkoff’s plan also called for a glass enclosure on the 29th floor of the west tower, a new glass canopy … <Read More>
Existing two-story building to be demolished. Steven and Sherri Schnall, private owners of 230-234 West Broadway within the Tribeca West Historic District, were granted a permit to construct their 9,000- square-foot private residence. The plan, designed by Turett Collaborative Architects, requires the demolition of an existing two-story building at 230 West Broadway, which will be replaced by a six-story … <Read More>
Developer had received building permits on historic stable prior to landmarking hearing. On October 17, 2006, Landmarks held hearings to consider the designation of two Upper West Side buildings originally used as livery stables, the Mason or Dakota Stables at 348 Amsterdam Avenue between West 76th and West 77th Streets, and the New York Cab Company Stable at 318 Amsterdam Avenue at … <Read More>
Senior housing to be constructed on Clove Road in Staten Island. Developers sought a variance from BSA for a three-story, 40-foot high, 34,542-square-foot senior housing facility at 908 Clove Road in Staten Island. The proposed senior residence exceeded total floor area, street wall height, total height, curb cut, and driveway width.
At BSA, the developers, R. Randy Lee and Frank Naso, argued that the site’s 603-foot distance from the nearest sewer connection significantly increased construction … <Read More>
Residential development on College Point manufacturing site approved. Jung Kyu Lee owned a 496,604- square-foot lot split between commercial and manufacturing zoning districts along the East River in College Point, Queens. He constructed 58 two-family homes as-of-right on the commercially-zoned portion, leaving the 144,325-square-foot manufacturing portion vacant and inaccessible from the closest street. Lee then applied to BSA to construct 28 new two-family homes on the manufacturing portion.
Lee argued that manufacturing uses would be … <Read More>