logo CityLand
      • Home
      • About CityLand
      • CityLand Sponsors
      • Filings & Decisions
      • Commentary
      • Archive
      • Resources
      • CityLaw
      • Current Issue

    New Columbus Avenue Development Approved after Revisions

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan
    Columbus Avenue Development

    Image Credit: BKSK

    Modifications to proposal for eight-story-plus-penthouse structure included revisions to cornice and base, and lowering some floor heights. On September 6, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the demolition of an existing building and a new development at 466 Columbus Avenue in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. The approved plan will replace an existing structure built in 1894 but heavily altered in intervening years. The site is owned and will be developed by the Roe Corporation.

    At an initial hearing, held on July 19, 2016, the applicants attested that the existing building had been heavily compromised to accommodate different uses including the addition of a third story approved by Landmarks in 2006. The applicants proposed a building with an eight-story streetwall primarily composed of brick and terra cotta, consistent with the district’s traditional masonry, with a painted metal storefront. The seventh floor would be topped with brick corbelling, with the eighth floor set back from the street facade. A metal cornice would project from above the eighth floor. A setback duplex penthouse would be only partially visible from certain oblique public perspectives. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Columbus Avenue, Commissioner Adi Shamir-Baron, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearing, Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District
    Date:09/22/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Block Front Redevelopment Approved After Modifications

    Certificates of Appropriateness  •  Meatpacking District, Manhattan
    Rendering of approved development. Image credit: BKSK

    Rendering of approved development. Image credit: BKSK

    Commissioners split on simultaneous redevelopment of five buildings, including significant increase in height beyond existing structures in some lots. On June 7, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation voted to approve the issuance of three certificates of appropriateness impacting five buildings spanning an entire block on the south side of Gansevoort Street between Greenwich and Washington Street in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The five buildings occupy three tax lots. Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate are the project’s developers.

    (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, BKSK Architects, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Gansevoort Market Historic District, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Wellington Chen
    Date:06/13/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Addition to Tammany Hall Approved after Reduction in Size

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Union Square, Manhattan
    A proposed rendering of the renovated Tammany Hall. Image credit: BKSK Architects

    A proposed rendering of the renovated Tammany Hall. Image credit: BKSK Architects

    Contemporary dome would sit atop restored neo-Georgian building facing Union Square. On March 10, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve the construction of an addition, as well as façade renovations, to the former Tammany Hall building at 44 Union Square East, an individual City landmark. Landmark first considered a proposal for the site in November of 2015. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Christopher Moore, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Roberta Washington, Tammany Hall, Union Square Park, Union Square Partnership
    Date:03/26/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Tortoise-shaped roof addition to former Tammany Hall proves controversial

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Union Square, Manhattan
    Proposed Rendering of Tammany Hall Addition. Image Credit: LPC

    Proposed Rendering of Tammany Hall Addition. Image Credit: LPC

    Applicants argued that addition would echo the domes of classical architecture, pay homage to the Lenape who once occupied Manhattan. On November 25, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application to construct an addition to a building that housed the Tammany political machine at 44 Union Square East, an individual City landmark. The building was the third Tammany Hall constructed, and the only one extant. Designated in 2013, the neo-Georgian 1929 building was later utilized as a union hall, theater, and film school. The building is substantially intact, though storefronts have been created at the ground level facing Union Square Park. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Jack Taylor, Jennifer Falk, Lenape Center, Manhattan Community Board 5, McManus Midtown Democratic Club, Meenakshi Srinivasan, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Tammany Hall, Union Square Community Coalition, Union Square Partnership
    Date:12/15/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (2) Comment

    New Development Proposed for Site where Gas Station Stands

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
    Proposed Rendering for 112 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. Image Credit: BKSK Architects.

    Proposed Rendering for 112 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. Image Credit: BKSK Architects.

    Testimony in opposition to new 4-story brick-clad building focused on contemporary design and size of bulkhead. On November 18, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal to construct a new building at 112 Atlantic Avenue, at the corner of Henry Street, in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Historic District. The site is currently occupied by a 1960s gas station. The applicants proposed a new four-story residential building, with ground-floor commercial uses, and a garage for residents. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Brooklyn Community Board 6, Historic Districts Council, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date:11/24/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Silk Building Residents Oppose Broadway Development for Loss of Light and Air

    Special Permit  •  NoHo, Manhattan
    LPC approved rendering of the proposed development at 688 Broadway in the NoHo Historic District. Image Credit: BKSK Architects

    LPC approved rendering of the proposed development at 688 Broadway in the NoHo Historic District. Image Credit: BKSK Architects.

    Landmarks approved development project to be built on vacant lot in the NoHo Historic District: Project now before Planning Commission. On February 5, 2014, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing for an application by Downtown Re Holdings LLC for special permits for a proposed mixed-use development located on 688 Broadway, between West 4th and Great Jones Streets in the NoHo Historic District. The special permits would allow Use Group 2 residential uses on the second through twelfth floors of a 15-unit development, and would waive set back requirements along Broadway. The lot at 688 Broadway had been a vacant lot since the 1960s, when two loft buildings were demolished until, for the last twenty years, a street level outdoor marketplace occupied the lot. The Landmarks Preservation Commission issued a certificate of appropriateness for the development on October 9, 2012 (See CityLand coverage here). (read more…)

    Tags : 688 Broadway, BKSK Architects, Downtown Re Holdings, NoHo Historic District, Silk Building
    Date:02/18/2014
    Category : City Planning Commission
    Leave a Comment
    1. Pages:
    2. 1
    3. 2
    4. »

    Subscribe To Free Alerts

    In a Reader

    Desktop Reader Bloglines Google Live Netvibes Newsgator Yahoo! What's This?

    Follow Us on Social Media

    twitterfacebook

    Search

    Search by Category

      City Council
      CityLaw
      City Planning Commission
      Board of Standards & Appeals
      Landmarks Preservation Commission
      Economic Development Corporation
      Housing Preservation & Development
      Administrative Decisions
      Court Decisions
      Filings and Decisions
      CityLand Profiles

    Search by Date

    © 1997-2010 New York Law School | 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212.431.2100 | Privacy | Terms | Code of Conduct | DMCA | Policies
     

    Loading Comments...