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    New Six-Story-Plus-Setback Building Proposed For West Broadway Site

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  SoHo, Manhattan

    Rendering of 430 West Broadway in Manhattan.

    Morris Adjmi-designed building would replace three-story commercial structure built in 1986. On June 12, 2018, Landmarks held a hearing on a proposal to construct a new building at 430 West Broadway in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. The lot is currently occupied by a three-story commercial structure built in 1986 and redesigned in 1997 to plans by the firm of Greenberg Farrow. The proposal would see the demolition of the existing building, and the construction of a new design by Morris Adjmi Architects, that would rise to six stories at the streetwall, with an additional setback story. (read more…)

    Tags : Barbara Zay, Christabel Gough, Fred Bland, Higgins Quasebarth, Historic District Council, Manhattan Community Board 2, Morris Adjmi Architects, Society for the Architecture of the City
    Date:06/26/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Ford Foundation Atrium and Doors to be Altered for Handicapped Access and Code Compliance

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    Garden Landscape rendering. Image Credit: Gensler.

    Garden Landscape rendering. Image Credit: Gensler.

    Alterations part of larger renovations that will see greater handicapped accessibility, non-hierarchical office organization, creation of a visitor center, and space for associated non-profits. On April 19 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved an application for work to the Ford Foundation Building, at 320 East 43rd Street in Manhattan. The 1967 building is an individual City landmark, and its atrium is also a designated interior landmark. The proposed work, which will alter the entrances, windows, and the atrium, was driven by programmatic needs, the necessity of code compliance, and handicapped accessibility. Currently, certain entrances to the building and portions of the garden are not handicapped-accessible. (read more…)

    Tags : Christabel Gough, Congress Member Carolyn Maloney, Council Member Daniel Garodnick, Docomomo, Ford Foundation, Higgins Quasebarth, Historic Districts Council, Municipal Art Society, New York Landmark Conservancy, Studio Museum Harlem
    Date:05/03/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Commissioners Skeptical of Plan to Revert neo-Federal Rowhouse to Queen Anne design

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    15 East 75th Street. Image Credit: Stephen Wang + Associates.

    15 East 75th Street. Image Credit: Stephen Wang + Associates.

    Application would turn three adjoining rowhouses on the Upper East Side into one, one-family home. At its public hearing on April 4, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for work related to the conversion of three rowhouses in the Upper East Side Historic District into one single-family dwelling. The rowhouses, at 11, 13, and 15 East 75th Street were originally constructed as part of a row of six Queen Anne-style rowhouses in the late 1880s. In 1923, the front facade at 11 East 75th Street was reconstructed in the neo-Federal style by architect Henry Polhemus. The remaining Queen Anne buildings have also undergone alteration, with their stoops removed and areaways modified. (read more…)

    Tags : Christabel Gough, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Historic Districts Council, Kelly Carroll, Kim Vauss, Manhattan Community Board 8, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Stephen Wang and Associates, The Society for the Architecture of the City
    Date:04/15/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Hearing held on tower with stepped cantilevers to be projected over 1810 Federal townhouse

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
    Image showing relationship between planned new tower and landmarked Robert and Anne Dickey House. Image credit: FXFowle Architects

    Image showing relationship between planned new tower and landmarked Robert and Anne Dickey House. Image credit: FXFowle Architects

    Mixed-use development would restore Federal-era building to tenement period, adaptively repurpose for use as part of a new public school. On February 16, 2016, Landmarks considered an application for alterations to, and new construction above, the individually landmarked Robert and Anne Dickey House at 67 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan. The work would be part of a mixed-use development by Trinity Place Holdings that would see the creation of a tower at the adjoining lot to the north of the landmark. The development would include retail space, a public school at the lower levels, and residential units in the upper floors. The Dickey House would be integrated with the new tower and serve as part of the school.

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    Tags : 67 Greenwich Street, Adi Shamir-Baron, Christabel Gough, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Downtown Alliance, FXFowle Architects, Higgins Quasebarth, Historic Districts Council, Meenakshi Srinivasan, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Robert and Anne Dickey House, The Society for the Architecture of the City
    Date:02/26/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Work Associated with Residential Conversion of 1 Wall Street Approved

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
    Rendering of 1 Wall Street proposal. Image credit: Macklowe Properties/Robert A.M. Stern Architects/SLCE Architects

    Rendering of 1 Wall Street proposal. Image credit: Macklowe Properties/Robert A.M. Stern Architects/SLCE Architects

    Robert A. M. Sterne-designed project would see the addition of several stories to an un-designated annex, and the creation of two additional window bays on south facade, among other work. On January 19, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for alterations to the individually landmarked 1 Wall Street Building. The 1931, 50-story, Art Deco skyscraper in Lower Manhattan was built as an office tower by the Irving Trust Company to designs by architect Ralph Walker. An annex to the building was constructed in the 1960s, and is not part of the landmarked site. The current owners, Macklowe Properties, intend to convert the building to residential use, with ground-floor retail. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Christabel Gough, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Hernan Chebar, Historic Districts Council, Kelly Carroll, Macklowe Properties, Manhattan Community Board 1, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Robert A.M. Stern, The Society for the Architecture of the City
    Date:01/29/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Commission Held First of Four Special Hearings to Address Backlog

    Designation Hearings  •  Citywide
    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Credit: LPC.

    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Credit: LPC.

    Wide support voiced for designation of Coney Island pumping Station; potential extension to Douglaston Historic District and individual designation of Queens Apartment complex and religious structures proved contentious. On October 8, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held the first of four hearings meant to address the backlog of items on the Commission’s calendar added prior to 2010. Twenty-nine items were considered, in three groupings of multiple items clustered by borough. Each speaker had three minutes to testify for each batch, rather than on individual items. At the meeting, Landmark heard testimony on one batch of items in the Bronx, one in Brooklyn, and one in Queens. (read more…)

    Tags : Christabel Gough, Council Member Mark Treygar, Council Member Rafael Espinal, Councilmember Peter Koo, Historic Districts Council, Ken Fisher, New York Landmark Conservancy, Paul Vallone, Society for the Architecture of the City, State Senator Tony Avella
    Date:10/20/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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