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    DOT, DDC, DEP and Elected Officials Celebrate “Great Street” Grand Concourse Renovation

    Street Renovations  •  Grand Concourse, Bronx

    New crosswalks and wider meridians help make the Grand Concourse safer for pedestrians. Image Credit: DDC

    Phase 4 of the project will begin in April 2021. On August 12, 2020, the Department of Transportation, Department of Design and Construction, and Department of Environmental Protection, along with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Council Member Vanessa Gibson, announced the completion of Phase 3 of the reconstruction of Grand Concourse in the Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : "Great Streets" program, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation, Grand Concourse
    Date:08/31/2020
    Category : Department of Design and Construction
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    Landmarks Rescind Landmarks Designation Status of Former School

    Landmarks Designation Rescission  •  Grand Concourse, Bronx

    Public School 31 in 2014 before its demolition./Image Credit: Google Maps

    The landmarked building featured many late Gothic details. On December 10, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to rescind the individual landmark designation of a vacant lot, located at 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx. The lot was formerly the location of Public School 31, which was demolished in 2015.

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    Tags : 425 Grand Concourse, Bronx, Chair Sarah Carroll, Commissioner John Gustafsson, Grand Concourse, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Public School 31
    Date:12/11/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Approves New School Building Construction in Grand Concourse HD, Bronx

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Grand Concourse Historic District, Bronx

    Rendering of 700 Gerard Avenue/Image Credit: Partners for Architecture and Historic Preservation Consulting, LLC.

    The new building would be the first new development in the historic district. On September 17, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a new five-story school building on a lot at 700 Gerard Avenue, Bronx which is located within the Grand Concourse Historic District. The lot, located on the east side of Gerard Avenue between East 153rd and East 157th Streets, is currently used as a parking lot and is above an existing underground subway tunnel. The new building would house the American Dream Charter School, a sixth to twelfth grade dual language charter school. Partners for Architecture is the architectural firm for the project.

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    Tags : 700 Gerard Avenue, American Dream Charter School, Bronx, certificate of appropriateness, Grand Concourse, Grand Concourse Historic District, Landmarks, Partners for Architecture
    Date:11/04/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Grand Concourse Historic District proposed

    Designation Calendaring  •  Grand Concourse, Bronx

    Buildings lining the “Grand Boulevard and Concourse”represent a variety of architectural styles, including Art Deco and Moderne structures. On December 15, 2009, Landmarks moved to calendar 73 properties along the Bronx’s Grand Concourse, the first step toward designating the proposed Grand Concourse Historic District. The proposed district would include a section of the Grand Concourse between East 167th and East 153rd Streets and properties along Walton Avenue, west of Franz Sigel and Joyce Kilmer Parks. Significant structures within the proposed district include the Thomas Gardens apartments, the Concourse Plaza Hotel, and the Bronx County Building.

    French engineer Louis Reiss envisioned the “Grand Boulevard and Concourse” as a thoroughfare connecting Manhattan’s residents to the Bronx’s expansive parks. Reflecting the urban planning ideals of the City Beautiful movement, the Grand Concourse featured landscaped medians and waysides, and ornate overpass bridges. The Grand Concourse developed rapidly as the City expanded the subway and elevated rail line to reach the area’s relatively inexpensive and undeveloped property. Revivalist architectural styles dominated the Grand Concourse’s initial development, but by the mid-1930s, Art Deco and Moderne style apartment buildings characterized the area. Developers took advantage of the area’s large lots to build block-sized apartment complexes organized around large, landscaped courtyards, referred to as “garden apartments.” (read more…)

    Tags : Grand Concourse, Louis Reiss, the Bronx County Building, the Concourse Plaza Hotel, Thomas Gardens apartments
    Date:02/15/2010
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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