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    Canal Street Development Approved after Landmarks Modifications

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Tribeca, Manhattan

    Rendering of 312 to 322 Canal Street in Manhattan. Image: LPC.

    Proposal, whose previous iteration was subject to community and commissioner opprobrium, approved after reduction in size and modifications in design and materials. At its meeting on January 23rd, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved a modified proposal to redevelop five properties in the Tribeca East Historic District at 312 to 322 Canal Street with a single new structure. The site is currently occupied by two-story commercial structures dating to the 19th century, but heavily altered and reduced in size from their original four stories. The buildings to be demolished were not identified as having a distinct style in the 1992 designation report, and are thought to retain little, if any, original fabric.        (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum
    Date:02/07/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Postmodern Icon to be Considered as Individual Landmark

    Designation Calendaring  •  East Midtown, Manhattan

    AT&T Building. Image Credit: LPC.

    Tower’s design, which flamboyantly rejected the precepts of the International Style, generated tremendous publicity and controversy. On November 28, 2017, Landmarks voted to add the former AT&T Building, at 550 Madison Avenue to its calendar, formally commencing the designation process. Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, the building is considered an icon of Postmodernism. The building, built between 1978 and 1884, is just old enough to be considered under Landmarks’ rules mandating that only buildings that have stood for 30 years or longer may be designated.  (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Kim Vauss, Commissioner Michael Devonshire
    Date:12/08/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Plan for Six-Story-Plus-Penthouse Single-Family Home Approved

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Ladies’ Mile, Manhattan
    Artist Rendering of 34 West 21st Street. Image Credit: LPC.

    Artist Rendering of 34 West 21st Street. Image Credit: LPC.

    Majority of commissioners believe that vertically arranged limestone-faced building integrated well into the streetscape. At its meeting on November 1, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved a proposal to construct a new six-story plus penthouse building at 34 West 21st Street  in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District. The building will be used as a one-family dwelling. Landmarks approved a proposal for a similarly sized building at the site in 2007, but the project was never realized. Before previously approved construction stalled, a 1950s garage at the lot was demolished. The site is now a vacant lot. (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Adi Shamir-Baron, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Karl Fischer Architect, Ladies' Mile Historic District
    Date:11/15/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Revised Development Proposal Approved for Vacant Corner Lot

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  NoHo, Manhattan
    Rendering of 363 Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC.

    Rendering of 363 Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC.

    Applicants rescinded proposed double-height rectangular form for a more subtle series of setbacks, and reduced size of windows to bring it into a scale more contextual with the neighborhood. On August 2, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved a revised proposal to construct a new ten-story building at 363 Lafayette Street in the NoHo Historic District Extension. The through-block lot also faces Bond and Great Jones Streets. The lot is currently vacant, and adjoins a new building in construction along Great Jones Street and a residential building facing Bond Street. (read more…)

    Tags : Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Elise Quasebarth, Higgins and Quasebarth, Jeanne Lutfy, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Morris Adjimi Architects
    Date:08/09/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Commissioners Ask for Revisions to Controversial Jane Street Development

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan
    11 Jane Street Rendering. Image Credit: LPC.

    11 Jane Street Rendering. Image Credit: LPC.

    Proposal to replace 1920s garage building with residential development was opposed by community members and their elected officials. On July 26 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard the applicants’ response to public testimony regarding an application to redevelop a lot at 11 Jane Street in the Greenwich Village Historic District, and discussed the proposal. The lot is currently occupied by a two-story 1921 garage building. The applicants proposed to replace the garage with a seven-story residential structure. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Council Member Corey Johnson, David Chipperfield, Friedman and Gotbaum, Greenwich Village Historic District, Higgins and Quasebarth, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2, Mark Silberman, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Sarah Carroll, Shelly Friedman, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Ward Dennis
    Date:07/29/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Four Manhattan Properties Designated Individual City Landmarks

    Designations  •  Manhattan
    St. Joseph's Church in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC

    St. Joseph of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC

    Two Catholic churches designated over archdiocese opposition. On June 28, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate four Manhattan properties as individual City landmarks. Three of the items had been added to Landmarks calendar before 2010 and were addressed as part of the Commission’s backlog initiative. (read more…)

    Tags : Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date:07/13/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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