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    Parks Dept Celebrates Renovations of Jackie Robinson Park

    Renovations  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    It is the second park to be renovated through the Parks Without Boarders program. Earlier this summer, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation completed a $4.7 million renovation of Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem. Jackie Robinson Park runs from W 155th Street to W 145th Street between Edgecombe and Bradhurst Avenues. The renovations include updated stairways, entrances, seating, lighting, and walking paths at the park’s southern and northern edges and entrances. New plantings, benches, and fencing have been added in the park along Edgecombe Avenue, which is also an Open Streets location. (read more…)

    Tags : Harlem, Jackie Robinson Park, parks
    Date:08/16/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Lenox Terrace Receives Resounding “No” from Council Subcommittee

    ULURP  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Rendering of First Proposed Lenox Terrace Development Image Credit: City Planning

    Modifications leave community and Council Member Perkins still unconvinced. On February 26, 2020, the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted to disapprove an application by the Olnick Organization to rezone and redevelop a superblock in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, containing the Lenox Terrace apartments. The 12 acre superblock is located between 135th Street to the north, 132nd street to the south, 5th Avenue to the east, and Malcom X Boulevard to the west. The application was approved by City Planning with modifications on February 3, 2020. To read CityLand’s prior coverage and the applicant’s earlier proposal click here.

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    Tags : Bill Perkins, City Council, City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, Corey Johnson, Council Member Bill Perkins, Council Member Francisco Moya, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Francisco Moya, Harlem, lenox terrace
    Date:03/02/2020
    Category : City Council
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    City Planning Hears Application to Redevelop Lenox Terrace

    ULURP  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Rendering of Proposed Lenox Terrace Development Image Credit: City Planning

    Public appears at public hearing in strong opposition of the proposed redevelopment of Lenox Terrace. On December 18, 2019, the City Planning Commission heard an application by the Olnick Organization to re-zone and re-develop Lenox Terrace. Lenox Terrace is an existing residential development on a twelve acre superblock in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. The block is situated between 135th Street to the north, 132nd Street to the south, 5th Avenue to the east and Malcom X Boulevard to the west. Presenting for the applicants were Ethan Goodman and Elizabeth Bennet of Fox Rothschild LLP and Christopher K. Grabé from Davis Brody Bond.

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    Tags : Comissioner Michelle De La Uz, David J. Burney, Harlem, lenox terrace, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Marisa Lago, Rezoning
    Date:01/27/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    [UPDATE]: Council Approves Harlem Church Redevelopment with Modifications

    Rezoning  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Rendering of Proposed La Hermosa Building/Image Credit: Department of City Planning/CPC

    Council makes modifications to include only MIH Option One and a partnership with JOENYC to fund repairs and renovations for existing affordable units in La Hermosa’s district. On December 19, 2019, the City Council voted to approve a land use application that will facilitate the construction of a new 30-story mixed-use residential and community facility building. The new building will replace the existing three-story La Hermosa Church building at 5 West 110th Street in Harlem, Manhattan. The Council voted on the application with modifications made at the December 3 Zoning and Franchises Subcommittee vote.

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    Tags : 5 West 110th Street, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Bill Perkins, Council Member Francisco Moya, Council Member Inez Barron, Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr., FXCollaborative, Harlem, Herrick Feinstein, JOENYC, La Hermosa Church
    Date:12/12/2019
    Category : City Council
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    City Planning Approves Modified Plans for Redevelopment of Harlem Church

    Rezoning  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Rendering of Proposed La Hermosa Building with Modifications/Image Credit: Department of City Planning/CPC

    The proposed building would house the redeveloped La Hermosa Church, community facilities, and residential units. On October 15, 2019, the City Planning Commission voted to approve an application to develop a new 29-story tower-on-a-base mixed-use building at 5 West 110th Street in Harlem, Manhattan. The site is currently occupied by La Hermosa Church, a three-story brick throughway building, and the church’s parking lot. To facilitate the new 226,000 square feet development, the applicants would propose to demolish the existing church building. The project would redevelop La Hermosa Church and build a music hall, music school, and approximately 160 housing units. The Church is the project applicant and site owner.

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    Tags : 5 West 110th Street, City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, FX Collaborative, Harlem, Herrick Feinstein, La Hermosa Church, Manhattan, Rezoning
    Date:10/02/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    New Rowhouse Approved In Sugar Hill

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    449 Convent Avenue rendering. Image credit: LPC.

    19th-century rowhouse that previously stood at site demolished by emergency declaration after owner failed to make repairs following fire. On July 24, 2018, Landmarks voted to approve the construction of a new building at 449 Convent Avenue in the Hamilton Height/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension. An 1897 Renaissance Revival rowhouse occupied the site until 2011, when it was demolished by the Department of Buildings under an emergency declaration. The demolition followed a severe fire, and the building was declared unsafe after the owner failed to make necessary repairs. (read more…)

    Tags : 449 Convent Avenue, department of buildings, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, rowhouses, Sugar Hill
    Date:08/06/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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