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    City Planning Holds Hearing on Transfer of Development Rights from Landmarked East Village Building

    City Planning Commission  •  Zoning Special Permit  •  East Village, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed Development at 3 St. Marks Place Image Credit: City Planning

    Community questions benefits received and context of development. On March 4, 2020, the City Planning Commission heard an application by Real Estate Equities Corporation for a special permit to transfer development rights from a landmarked site and construct a ten-story commercial building in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The development site is located at 3 St. Marks Place, on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and St. Marks Place and is currently vacant. The special permit would transfer approximately 8,336 gross feet of floor area from the landmarked “Hamilton-Holly House,” across the street at 4 St. Marks Place.

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    Tags : Anna Hayes Levin, Comissioner Michelle De La Uz, Gale brewer, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Kenneth J. Knuckles, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Village Preservation
    Date: 03/10/2020
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    Landmarks Rejects Proposal for Glass Façade Building in Greenwich Village Historic District

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan

    Corner view of proposed 21 Greenwich Rendering Image Credit: Landmarks

    Commission would like to see more masonry to help building remain in context. On October 8, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish a one-story extension and construct a new five-story residential building with a rooftop addition, on a corner three-story mixed-use building. The application also seeks to restore the three-story corner building. The proposed building and addition is located at 21 Greenwich Avenue within the Greenwich Village Historic District in Manhattan.

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    Tags : 21 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Historic District, landmark, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date: 10/29/2019
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    City Planning Hears Proposal to Convert Part of 1845 Greenwich Village Townhouse to Hair Salon

    City Planning Commission  •  Special Permit  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan

    Rendering of reconstructed and restored building at 59 Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Image Credit: CPC.

    The applicant needs special permit to modify zoning requirements. On December 5, 2018, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application for a special permit to modify the use and building envelope requirements for a four-story building located at 59 Greenwich Avenue in the Greenwich Village Historic District in Manhattan. If granted, the special permit will allow the applicant to repair and reconstruct the existing building and use the first two floors as a combined hair products retailer and hair salon. The applicant is Los Angeles hair stylist, Chaz Dean, who was represented at City Planning by project executive Tim Campbell and attorney Judith M. Gallent of Bryan Cave. (more…)

    Tags : 59 Greenwich Avenue, Bulk modification, City Planning Commission, Greenwich Village Historic District, special permit application, Use modification
    Date: 12/11/2018
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    Greenwich Village Corner Lot Redevelopment Approved after Revisions

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan

    Previous and Current renderings. Image: LPC.

    Residential development, with ground-floor commercial space, will occupy two lots, replacing service station structures. On February 6, 2018, Landmarks voted to approve a proposal to demolish two buildings and construct a new building spanning two lots at 540 and 544 Hudson Street, at the corner of Charles Street, in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The site is occupied by two buildings of one and two stories, which were until recently part of an automobile service station. An initial proposal, made to the commission in June of 2017, raised the ire of local elected officials, residents and preservationist organization. William Gottlieb Real Estate is the developer. (more…)

    Tags : Elise Quasebarth, Greenwich Village Historic District, Morris Adjmi, William Gottlieb Real Estate
    Date: 02/21/2018
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    Airbnb Host Evicted from Apartment in Greenwich Village

    Court Decisions  •  Airbnb Rentals  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan

    39 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Image credit: CityLand

    Rent-stabilized tenant substantially profited from 93 individual Airbnb sublettings. In 2010, Linda Lipetz was diagnosed with cancer and was unable to work for over a year. From March 2011 to August 2012, in order to subsidize her rent, Lipetz sublet her rent-regulated apartment located at 39 Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village. Lipetz hosted 93 different people for 338 total days through Airbnb, charging a nightly rate of $95 for one person and $120 for two, and generating $33,592 in revenue. (more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, Appellate Division First Department, Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, Subletting
    Date: 10/27/2017
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