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    Tortoise-shaped roof addition to former Tammany Hall proves controversial

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    Proposed Rendering of Tammany Hall Addition. Image Credit: LPC

    Proposed Rendering of Tammany Hall Addition. Image Credit: LPC

    Applicants argued that addition would echo the domes of classical architecture, pay homage to the Lenape who once occupied Manhattan. On November 25, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application to construct an addition to a building that housed the Tammany political machine at 44 Union Square East, an individual City landmark. The building was the third Tammany Hall constructed, and the only one extant. Designated in 2013, the neo-Georgian 1929 building was later utilized as a union hall, theater, and film school. The building is substantially intact, though storefronts have been created at the ground level facing Union Square Park. (read more…)

    Tags : BKSK Architects, Jack Taylor, Jennifer Falk, Lenape Center, Manhattan Community Board 5, McManus Midtown Democratic Club, Meenakshi Srinivasan, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Tammany Hall, Union Square Community Coalition, Union Square Partnership
    Date:12/15/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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