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    Landmarks Declines to Designate Heavily Altered Federal-Era Rowhouse as an Individual Landmark

    Decalendaring  •  Tribeca, Manhattan

    177 West Broadway

    Early 1800s rowhouse on West Broadway had undergone extensive ground-floor reconstruction and gained an additional floor. On June 26, 2012, Landmarks declined to designate a three-story Federal-style rowhouse at 177 West Broadway in Tribeca as an individual landmark. The rowhouse was built circa 1802 as a two-story building. It is one of the neighborhood’s earliest structures, and one of the few remaining Federal-style buildings in Manhattan. The building served as private residence in its early years and, according to Landmarks, also served as a brothel for a period of time. The building is currently occupied by a ground-floor pet store and actor Harvey Keitel’s production company. The building retains its original Flemish-bond brick and splayed lintels at the second floor. The existing third floor of the building was added in the mid-1800s, and the ground-floor infill is non-historic after undergoing extensive alterations.

    At Landmarks’s hearing in June 2010, Attorney Valerie Campbell, representing Shiloh Company LLC, which owns the building, opposed designation. Campbell argued that the heavily altered building did not merit designation because it retains only a “single one-story swath of original brick,” and lacks many of the features commonly associated with the Federal style.

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    Tags : Decalendaring, Federal-era rowhouse, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Tribeca
    Date:06/28/2012
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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