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    Additions To Frick Collection Approved

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan

    Image credit: LPC.

    Some commissioners lamented loss of Music Room and house museum character, but acknowledged those issues were outside of Landmark’s purview, and found impact on the exterior fell within bounds of appropriateness. On June 26, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to award the Frick collection a certificate of appropriateness to allow for an expansion that will improve circulation, increase exhibition, education and conservation space, and create a café. The individual City landmark was built for industrialist Henry Clay Frick by Carrere & Hastings in 1914. After the deaths of Frick and his wife, the mansion at 895 Fifth Avenue, was converted into a museum based around Frick’s art collection. The conversion and expansion were overseen by architect John Russell Pope, and include the construction of a library adjoining the museum. (more…)

    Tags : appropriateness, certification, Frick Collection, Landmarks
    Date: 07/12/2018
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    City Invests $40 Million In Brooklyn Navy Yards Project

    Mayor  •  Development  •  Brooklyn Navy Yard

    Rendering of 399 Sands Street. Image credit: Steiner NYC.

    Addition of manufacturing and creative space supports City goals to provide more middle-class jobs. On June 13, 2018, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, together with the Brooklyn Navy Yards and Steiner NYC, announced the beginning of construction at 399 Sands Street. The project will add manufacturing and creative office space at the 300-acre Brooklyn Navy Yard, an urban manufacturing center, and is expected to bring manufacturing jobs to the area. The project is also part of Steiner’s Admirals Row Development, a six-acre site at the southwest corner of the Navy Yard being developed for commercial and industrial use. (more…)

    Tags : Admirals Row, Alicia Glen, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Creative space, Industrial, Manufacturing, New York Works, Steiner NYC
    Date: 06/15/2018
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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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    CityLand Profile: Lynn Kelly of New Yorkers for Parks

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    Lynn Kelly. Image credit: New Yorkers for Parks.

    New York City holds a special place in Lynn Kelly’s life. Ms. Kelly grew up in Old Town, Staten Island, has resided in Brooklyn’s Park Slope and now in Gowanus, and attended New York University in Greenwich Village. In reflecting on her life and career, Ms. Kelly said that “New York City has been the one thread through everything.” Ms. Kelly has dedicated her career to improving the City one job at a time. Currently, Ms. Kelly serves as the Executive Director at New Yorkers for Parks, an independent advocacy organization championing quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers in all City neighborhoods. (more…)

    Tags : cityland profiles, Lynn Kelly, New Yorkers for Parks
    Date: 04/10/2018
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    Hearings Held On Three Potential Individual Landmarks Ahead Of Rezoning

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Hearings  •  East Harlem, Manhattan

    Former Webber Packing House.

    The landmarking of two buildings constructed as schools and a former meatpacking plant receive support at public hearing. On February 13, 2018, Landmarks held hearings on the potential designations of three structures as individual City landmarks in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. The three buildings are the former Richard Webber Harlem Packing House, at 207 East 119th Street; the former Public School 109, at 215 East 99th Street; and the former Benjamin Franklin High School, at 260 Pleasant Avenue. The buildings were identified by landmarks staff in a survey of the area’s historical and architectural resources as part of the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan and anticipated East Harlem Rezoning. (more…)

    Tags : 207 East 119th Street, 215 East 99th Street, 260 Pleasant Avenue, East Harlem, Landmarks, meatpacking, Schools
    Date: 02/27/2018
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