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    Redevelopment of Two Buildings into One-Family Residence Approved after Modifications

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan
    Greenwich Village Historic District

    Project Rendering. Image Credit: Steven Harris Architects LLP.

    Revised plan eliminated glass tower from design, lowered walls and recessed addition. On October 11, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve an application for the redevelopment of two buildings at 85 and 89 Jane Street in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The existing buildings date to the late-19th an early 20th centuries, though heavily altered, and are identified as utilitarian in style in the district’s designation report. The buildings are going to be merged and converted into a one-family dwelling. Owned by an LLC, it has been reported that the buildings’ purchaser is Jon Stryker, billionaire heir to the fortune of a medical supply company founded by his grandfather. (read more…)

    Tags : Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Steven Harris Architects LLP
    Date:10/24/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Requests Rethinking of Plan to Redevelop 2 Buildings into a 1-Family Home

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan
    85-89 Jane Street rendering. Image Credit:

    85-89 Jane Street rendering. Image Credit: Steven Harris Architects.

    Proposal would redevelop two turn-of-the-century utilitarian building into a residence containing an elaborate garden, with a set back protruding tower containing a dining room and study. On July 12, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application for the residential redevelopment of two adjoining buildings at 85 and 89 Jane Street . The two buildings fall within the Greenwich Village Historic District. Both structures are identified utilitarian in style in the district’s designation report. The building at 85 Jane dates to around 1885, originally built as a stable and carriage house, later converted to a garage and factory, the building rises to two stories. The one-story garage at 89 Jane dates to 1919. Owned by limited liability companies, Curbed reports that the buyer is thought to be Jon Stryker, philanthropist and billionaire heir to a medical supply fortune. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Commissioner Fred Bland, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Member Corey Johnson, Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:07/19/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Proposal to Replace 1920s Garage with New 5-Story-Plus-Penthouse Residential Building Considered

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

    11 Jane Street Rendering. Image Credit: David Chipperfield Architects.

    Proposal met with strong opposition from community members, elected officials and preservationist organizations. On June 21, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and heard testimony on an application to replace a 1921 garage building with a new residential structure at 11-19 Jane Street. The site lies within the Greenwich Village Historic District. The garage at the site is two stories tall, and it once replaced two townhouses. (read more…)

    Tags : Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Council Member Corey Johnson, David Chipperfield, Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Gregory Dietrich, Higgins Quasebarth, Marvin Mitzner, Meenakshi Srinivasan, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:06/30/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (1) Comment

    Commission Requests Revisions to Plan to Replace 19th-Century Corner Building

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan
    Architect rendering of the 327 Bleecker Street proposal. Image credit: FSI Architecture

    Architect rendering of the 327 Bleecker Street proposal. Image credit: FSI Architecture

    Applicant had previously planned to restore existing building, but engineers had determined it to be structurally unsound. On November 10 2015 the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the proposed demolition of an existing structure, and the erection of a new building at 327 Bleecker Street, in the Greenwich Village Historic District, at the corner of Christopher Street. Landmarks previously approved a plan for the alteration of the existing structure in 2012. (read more…)

    Tags : Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, FSI Architecture, Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Julie Georgopoulos, Kelly Carroll, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date:11/18/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (1) Comment

    Proposed Extension to IFC Center Would Face Cornelia Street

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan
    A rendering of the proposed IFC Center. Image credit: Kliment Halsband Architects

    A rendering of the proposed IFC Center. Image credit: Kliment Halsband Architects

    New space would add screening rooms, lobby to film center; extension would fill in vacant lot on Cornelia Street. On October 13, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on a proposed extension of the IFC Film Center that would face 14 Cornelia Street in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II. The Film Center, at 323 Sixth Avenue, adjoins and owns the lot at the rear, currently vacant, on Cornelia Street. The lot to be developed lies partially within an R6 residential zoning district, and will require a variance from the Board of Standards and Appeals for the planned commercial use. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Commissioner Fred Bland, Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, IFC Center, John Gustafsson, Kliment Halsband Architects, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Paul Selver
    Date:10/22/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (1) Comment

    Landmarks Withdraws Planned Removal of Multiple Designation Items from Calendar

    De-calendaring  •  Citywide

    Landmarks had originally scheduled removal of 94 potential individual landmarks and two historic districts from its calendar for December 9th. On December 5, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission rescinded plans to remove 96 items from its calendar without bringing the items to a vote of designation. The items planned to be removed included 94 items calendared as potential individual City landmarks, and two potential historic districts. The action, called a decalendaring, was scheduled to take place at its public meeting on December 9, 2015. (read more…)

    Tags : Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Linda Rosenthal, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Tony Avella
    Date:12/08/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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