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    Landmarks Calendars Jamaica, Queens Public School for Designation

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Calendaring  •  Jamaica, Queens

    Public School 48 in Jamaica, Queens/Image Credit: LPC

    The public school building’s design and details set it apart from other school buildings built during the early 20th century. On June 9, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to calendar Public School 48 in Jamaica, Queens for designation as an individual landmark. Public School 48, located at 155-02 108th Avenue, is an Art Deco style three-story public school building designed by Walter C. Martin. 

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    Tags : calendaring, Jamaica, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Public School 31, Public School 48, Queens, Sarah Carroll
    Date: 07/03/2020
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    Public and Private Partnership Develops Affordable Mixed-Income Building for Jamaica, Queens

    Housing Preservation & Development  •  Affordable Housing  •  Jamaica, Queens

    Image Credit: GF55 Partners/HPD

    The new building will have a variety of amenities and 111 parking spaces for residents. On February 12, 2019, HPD and HDC announced the completion of Alvista Towers, a 380-unit, affordable housing development in Jamaica, Queens. City agencies and private sector firms came together to develop this project as part of the City’s affordable housing initiative. The involved parties were the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Council Member I. Daneek Miller, the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Phoenix Realty Group, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Settlement Housing Fund, the New York City Housing Partnership, and Artimus as the developer of the project. The development was the result of the Special Downtown Jamaica Rezoning, which was adopted by the City in 2007 to foster transit-oriented development in Jamaica.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Asset Sales Program, Housing Development Corporation, I. Daneek Miller, Jamaica, Queens
    Date: 03/01/2019
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    New Filings and Decisions Charts for June 2012 Uploaded

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    Every month CityLand publishes a comprehensive set of charts to track applications to, and decisions from, New York City’s land use agencies. Agencies covered include: Department of City Planning, City Planning Commission, City Council, Board of Standards & Appeals, and Landmarks Preservation Commission.

    CityLand tracks these applications through the review process to a final decision. The majority of these decisions are available on the Center for New York City Law’s CityAdmin database (found at www.CityAdmin.org).

    To view the New Filings and Decisions chart for June 2012, click here.

    Read below for expanded descriptions of some of the applications and decisions found in this month’s chart:

    – Rezoning proposals for Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem certified. The City Planning Commission certified into ULURP the Bedford-Stuyvesant North Rezoning and West Harlem Rezoning proposals. For CityLand’s complete coverage of the proposals, click here.

    – Certificate of Appropriateness issued to owner of the Puck Building. Landmarks on April 27, 2012 issued Kushner Companies a Certificate of Appropriateness (more…)

    Tags : Charts, Chelsea, Jamaica, Lamartine Historic District, New Filings and Decisions
    Date: 06/07/2012
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