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    Landmarks Has Concerns with Proposed Four-Story Residence in Brooklyn Heights Historic District

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Brooklyn Heights Historic District

    Proposed design of new building on Middagh Street with 56 Middagh Street on the left./Image Credit: Pratt + Black Architects

    The proposed building features a ground floor garage that is modeled off of storefronts in the historic district. On January 14, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a new four-story residential building on a partially vacant L-shaped lot on Middagh Street, located within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The short part of the lot fronts Middagh Street to north and the long part of the lot extends into the rear yard. Currently, there is a three-story residential building, 56 Middagh Street, on the east end of the short part of the lot. There is a 25’ by 25’ foot vacant space currently used as parking located between 56 Middagh Street and a one-story garage that belongs to 45 Hicks Street. The proposed building will be built on this space. Both the existing adjacent building and the proposed building will have the same owner.

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    Tags : 56 Middagh Street, Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn Heights Historic District, certificate of appropriateness, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Pratt and Black, Society for the Architecture of the City
    Date:01/29/2020
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Two Adjoining Bank Buildings Considered as Individual Landmarks

    Designation Hearings  •  Brooklyn Heights
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    People’s Trust Company Building. Image Credit: LPC.

    Elected officials and local residents urge Landmarks to designate 20th century financial-services-industry structures. On November 29, 2016, Landmarks held hearings on the possible individual landmark designations of two buildings built as banks in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The People’s Trust Company Building, at 181 Montague Street, and the adjacent National Title Guaranty Company Building, at 185 Montague Street, are both part of Brooklyn’s “Bank Row.”  Historic banking structures on the south side of Montague are protected as part of the 2011 Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. (read more…)

    Tags : Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District, Brooklyn Heights Association, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Council Member Stephen Levin
    Date:12/21/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    City Council Subcommittee Chided EDC over Downtown Brooklyn Development [UPDATE: Committee Approves Application With Conditions]

    ULURP  •  Downtown Brooklyn
    Downtown Brooklyn

    Proposed Development for 141 Willoughby. Image Credit: Savanna

    Subcommittee raised concerns about the aggregate effect the mass development of Downtown Brooklyn will have on school resources. On October 5, 2016, the City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises heard testimony on an application to construct a new 49-story mixed-use building at 141 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The site is a triangular-shaped zoning lot bounded by Flatbush Avenue Extension, Willoughby Street and Gold Street. Currently the space is occupied by a three-story private school, the Institute of Design and Construction, an accessory surface parking lot for 16 vehicles, and a public open space with planting and seating areas. (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Brooklyn Heights Association, Council Member Donovan Richards, Council Member Stephen Levin, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, State Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery
    Date:11/04/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Testimony heard on proposed rule regarding installation of Wi-Fi kiosks with digital advertising display

    Rules Amendment  •  Citywide
    image taken from LinkNYC website

    Key kiosk features. Image Credit: LinkNYC.

    Proposed rule change would change text governing installation of public pay phones in landmarked area to allow for installation of Public Design Commission-approved public communications structures with digital advertising. On March 3, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on a proposed amendment to agency rules governing the installation phone booths. The proposed rule changes would update the agency rules pertaining to public pay phones. The updated rules responds to the de Blasio administration’s initiative to replace public pay phones with new public communications structures providing phone service and free Wi-Fi, with a tablet that accesses emergency services, and charging stations for cellphones and other electronic devices. (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn Heights Association, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Citybridge, Cristabel Gough, Landmark West!, LinkNYC, Mark Silberman, Municipal Art Society, Public Design Commission
    Date:05/12/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Three-story Addition Approved for 19th-Century Butcher Shop

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
    Architects rendering of 70 Henry Street. Image credit: Morris Adjmi Architects

    Architects rendering of 70 Henry Street. Image credit: Morris Adjmi Architects

    Adjmi-designed plan to redevelop former movie theater wins approval after schemes stalled under previous ownership. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve a proposal for the renovation of the existing building and the addition of three stories to 70 Henry Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The building was constructed in 1895, for use as a butcher shop, and has gone through multiple alterations including the creation of a chamfered corner entrance for a mid-twentieth century restaurant use. Until recently, and for the previous four decades, the site was home to the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. The redeveloped building would be residential, with ground floor commercial uses.

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    Tags : 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Morris Adjimi Architects
    Date:06/22/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Second Hearing Held for Proposed Five-Story Building Ended without Consensus

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
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    Rendering of proposed development on 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn. Image Credit: Gerner Kronick & Valcarcel Architects.

    Landmarks Commissioners failed to reach consensus for new mixed-use building plan for site of movie theater. October 22, 2013, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a revised plan for a mixed-use development at 70 Henry Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The site is currently occupied by the Brooklyn Heights Cinema in a one-story building dating to 1895 that has undergone extensive alterations. Landmarks previously considered a development plan for this building on November 27, 2012, but was unable to reach consensus on either the appropriateness of the proposed demolition or the design of the planned new five-story structure.

    Cinema owner Ken Lowy stated that a new theater would be incorporated into the planned new building designed by an architect that he worked with. Lowy also said that local Assembly Member Joan Millman had provided a letter in support of the project. (read more…)

    Tags : 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Gerner Kronick & Valcarcel Architects, Jesse Denno, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date:10/30/2013
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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