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    City Planning Commission Approves Application to Increase Building Height in Tribeca

    City Planning Commission  •  Special Permit  •  Tribeca, Manhattan

    Image Credit: LPC/HubbNYC

    Applicants will continue to preserve and restore the building in exchange for the approval to increase the building’s height. On August 28, 2019, the City Planning Commission voted to approve an application for a special permit for 121 Chambers Street in Tribeca South Historic District, Manhattan. The special permit would allow for the addition of two stories to the existing five-story building.

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    Tags : 121 Chambers Street, City Planning Commission, Special Tribeca Mixed Use District, Tribeca South Historic District
    Date: 08/29/2019
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    Seven Buildings South of Union Square Enter Designation Process

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Designation Calendaring  •  Union Square, Manhattan

    Five of the seven buildings calendared for designation. Image Credit: Google Maps

    The buildings feature various architectural styles and were home to garment manufacturers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On September 25, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted to add seven buildings to its calendar for consideration as individual landmarks. The buildings are located at 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Broadway, and 841 Broadway. All of the buildings are south of Union Square in Manhattan.  (more…)

    Tags : 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Braodway, 841 Broadway, Landmark Designation, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Union Square
    Date: 10/16/2018
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    Owner Wins Rent Stabilization Dispute

    CityLaw  •  Rent Stabilization  •  Tribeca, Manhattan

    50 Murray Street in Manhattan. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Tenants of a Tribeca high rise luxury rental building claimed protection of rent stabilization. Tenants of Tribeca House, a luxury rental residential building located at 50 Murray Street, Manhattan claimed that the owner of the building overcharged the tenants. Tribeca House, a twenty-one-story luxury loft apartment building, has 389 apartments comprised of studio, one, two, and three bedroom units. (more…)

    Tags : 50 Murray Street, loft apartment, Real Property Tax Law, residential building, Section 421-g, tenants
    Date: 08/17/2018
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    Residents Oppose New Development In Bushwick

    City Planning Commission  •  ULURP  •  Bushwick, Brooklyn

    1601 DeKalb Avenue. Image credit: CPC.

    Applicant faces uphill battle to turn parking lot into residential building. On June 13, 2018, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application by Camber Property Group for rezoning at 1601 DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The rezoning will facilitate the construction of a new residential building. The rezoning will affect three lots owned by Camber and seven lots not owned by the applicant. The new building, however, will be constructed on the three lots owned by Camber, which is currently a parking lot. (more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Bushwick, Camber Property Group, FAR, Local 32BJ, MIH, Rezoning
    Date: 07/11/2018
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    Commissioners Fail to Find Consensus on Revised Proposal for Addition to Individual Landmark

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

    827-831 Broadway Rendering. Image credit: LPC.

    Proposed additions to recently designated buildings, known for housing artists of the Abstract Expressionist movement, reduced in visibility with modifications to design to better relate to existing building. On April 24, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a revised proposal to create a rooftop addition to the 827-831 Broadway Buildings, an individual City landmark designated in October of 2017. The buildings were designated partially for its architecture as proto-cast-iron commercial architecture, designed by Griffith Thomas and inspired by Italian palazzi, and also for their association with 20th century art. Willem De Kooning lived and worked in 831 Broadway, and other artists that lived in the buildings included Elaine de Kooning, Larry Poons, Jules Olitsky, and Paul Jenkins. (more…)

    Tags : 827-831 broadway, designation, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date: 04/30/2018
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