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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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    Irish Arts Center Expansion Program Approved

    UDAAP Designation  •  Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
    Rendering of the new Irish Arts Center on 11th Avenue.  Image credit: Ciaran O’Connor, Office of Public Works, Ireland

    Rendering of the new Irish Arts Center on 11th Avenue. Image credit: Ciaran O’Connor, Office of Public Works, Ireland

    Program will permit a new 30,000-square foot facility and expansion of community garden. On September 10, 2014, the City Council voted unanimously to approve an application which would facilitate the Irish Arts Center’s construction of a new facility and expand the existing Juan Alonso Community Garden. The application was proposed by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The new Irish Arts Center will be located on 11th Avenue between West 51st Street and West 52nd Street. The Garden expansion will improve a 1,255-square foot paved driveway at 555 West 51st Street and incorporate the space into the existing public garden. (read more…)

    Tags : Aidan Connolly, City Council, Council Member Corey Johnson, Council Member Mark Treygar, HPD, Irish Arts Center, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 4
    Date:09/15/2014
    Category : City Council
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