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    Landmarks Releases Guidebook for Permit Applications

    Permit Applications  •  Citywide

    The new LPC guidebook, designed to assist with permit applications. Image Credit: LPC

    The guidebook is designed to guide applicants through the Commission’s rules and processes to assist in the permit application process. On December 5, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission released a new permit guidebook designed to assist applicants who need permit approvals by the Commission. Landmarks have also released new application forms to make the permit application process easier for applicants. (read more…)

    Tags : guidebook, guidelines, Historic Districts, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, permit applications
    Date:12/13/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    LPC Releases Guidelines for Storefront Design in Historic Districts

    Storefront Design  •  Citywide

    Before and after images from the Guidelines demonstrate how a new storefront reflects the original storefront opening. Image credit: NYC LPC

    The document provides text and visual guidance for applicants. On May 6, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission released Guidelines for Storefront Design in Historic Districts. The guidelines are designed to help business and property owners understand the rules and regulations for new storefronts created in historic districts. (read more…)

    Tags : guidelines, Historic Districts, Landmarks Preservation Commission, storefronts
    Date:05/17/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Local Residents Voice Support for Proposed Park Terrace West Historic District

    Landmarks Designation Hearing  •  Inwood, Manhattan

    Houses on West 217th Street from the proposed historic district. Image Credit: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

    Community voiced support of preservation of suburban character after neighborhood rezoning earlier this year. On November 20, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District in the Inwood section of Manhattan. The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar the proposed historic district on September 25, 2018. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the Park Terrace West designation process, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : Historic Districts, Inwood, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearing, Manhattan, park terrace west
    Date:12/03/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Late-19th-Century Residential Area to be Considered as Historic District

    Calendaring  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Courtesy of Landmarks Preservation Commission

    Proposed 164-property historic district constructed in late 19th century for upper-middle-class housing; served important role in Harlem and history. On December 12, 2017, Landmarks voted to add the Central Harlem West 130-132nd Street Historic District to its calendar for possible designation. The proposed district consists of the interiors of three blocks on 130th, 131st, and 132nd Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue. Landmarks staff identified the potential historic district while surveying the area for historic resources related to the Civil Rights movements, and were struck by its architectural integrity and consistency. (read more…)

    Tags : civil rights era, Cultural Organizations, Friendship Baptist Church, Harlem, Historic Districts, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan
    Date:01/22/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks increases fees

    Fee Change  •  Citywide

    Landmarks last raised fees for new building and alteration applications in 2009. On March 8, 2011, Landmarks approved an increase in permit fees for new buildings and alterations. Landmarks published the rule in the City Record on December 16, 2010, and January 27, 2011. Landmarks last approved a fee increase in September 2009. 6 CityLand 125 (Sept. 15, 2009).

    The change increases fees for permits related to new one- to three-family dwellings from ten to fifteen cents per square foot. For all other new buildings, fees increase to from twenty to 25 cents per square foot. For all building types the fees will not be less than $100 per structure. A flat fee for building alterations costing up to $25,000 would rise from $50 to $95. Landmarks increased an incremental fee for each additional $1,000 spent on alterations above $25,000 from four to five dollars. As examples, the fee for a proposed $15,000 storefront alteration would be $95, while the fee for a proposed $300,000 rooftop addition will rise from $1,150 to $1,470. (read more…)

    Tags : Historic Districts, Landmarks Permit Fees, New York Landmarks Conservancy
    Date:04/15/2011
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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