Site currently a parking lot and one-story structure. Roseland Property Company, developers of a through lot between West 21st and West 22nd Streets within the Ladies’ Mile Historic District, received a permit to construct a residential building with a 15-story front at 35-41 West 21st Street and a smaller eight-story front at 38 West 22nd Street. The West 21st Street side will feature a stone, brick, and metal facade with storefront windows and doors at the ground level, while the West 22nd Street facade will feature metal windows framed by masonry piers and a glass and metal central bay. The building will be built on a lot currently occupied by two parking lots and a one-story commercial building, which will be demolished.

Jack Taylor from the Drive to Protect the Ladies’ Mile District opposed the project, arguing that aspects of the building design did not fit with the character of the neighborhood. Taylor further expressed the concerns of some area residents that the project may eliminate fire escape routes for adjacent buildings and block existing adjacent lot-line windows. (read more…)