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    Master Plan for Future Adaptations to West Side Powerhouse Approved

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  West Midtown, Manhattan

    Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse at 855 11th Avenue in Manhattan. Image Credit: LPC.

    To facilitate the continued use of the former Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse as Con Edison Steam plant, plan adopted to allow for rooftop mechanical equipment and the creation of entrances for installing equipment. On January 9, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (“Landmarks”) voted to approve a master plan presented by Consolidated Edison (“Con Edison”) for the recently designated Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse at 855 11th Avenue on Manhattan’s West Side. The block-sized Beaux-Arts building, with its exterior designed by Stanford White, was built under the influence of the City Beautiful movement, bringing classical grandeur to the civic experience. Built to provide electricity to the Interborough Rapid Transit’s subway system, the plant is now owned by Con Edison, which operates the building as a steam-generating plant.     (read more…)

    Tags : Con Edison, Fred Bland, Historic Districts Council, Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Community Board 4, Mark Silberman, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Michael Devonshire
    Date:01/29/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Commissioners Ask for Revisions to Controversial Jane Street Development

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

    11 Jane Street Rendering. Image Credit: LPC.

    Proposal to replace 1920s garage building with residential development was opposed by community members and their elected officials. On July 26 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard the applicants’ response to public testimony regarding an application to redevelop a lot at 11 Jane Street in the Greenwich Village Historic District, and discussed the proposal. The lot is currently occupied by a two-story 1921 garage building. The applicants proposed to replace the garage with a seven-story residential structure. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Council Member Corey Johnson, David Chipperfield, Friedman and Gotbaum, Greenwich Village Historic District, Higgins and Quasebarth, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2, Mark Silberman, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Sarah Carroll, Shelly Friedman, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Ward Dennis
    Date:07/29/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Block Front Redevelopment Approved After Modifications

    Certificates of Appropriateness  •  Meatpacking District, Manhattan
    Rendering of approved development. Image credit: BKSK

    Rendering of approved development. Image credit: BKSK

    Commissioners split on simultaneous redevelopment of five buildings, including significant increase in height beyond existing structures in some lots. On June 7, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation voted to approve the issuance of three certificates of appropriateness impacting five buildings spanning an entire block on the south side of Gansevoort Street between Greenwich and Washington Street in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The five buildings occupy three tax lots. Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate are the project’s developers.

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    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, BKSK Architects, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Gansevoort Market Historic District, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Wellington Chen
    Date:06/13/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Alterations to Rowhouse Approved After Additions Reduced

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    890 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Image Credit: Murdock Solon Architects

    890 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Image Credit: Murdock Solon Architects

    Additions to surviving Queen Anne-style Park Avenue rowhouse scaled down after commissioners rejected previous proposal. On April 12, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to issue a certificate of appropriateness to revised proposal to alter and build additions to an 1885 rowhouse at 890 Park Avenue in the Upper East Side Historic District. The rowhouse is one of only three surviving low-rise buildings on Park Avenue. The current owners intend to revert the building back to its original use as one-family dwelling. (read more…)

    Tags : Commissioner Michael Goldblum, John Gustafsson, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Murdock Solon Architects, Upper East Side Historic District
    Date:04/25/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Thirty of 95 backlogged items prioritized for 2016 designation votes

    Special Meeting  •  Citywide

    The Thomas-Lamb designed Loew’s 175th Street Theater in Washington Heights was prioritized for designation. Image credit: LPC

    Some items will be removed from calendar due to political reality that designations will not be ratified by Council; others are found to be adequately protected so as to not require prioritization; others to lack significance that would merit immediate designation. On February 23, 2016, Landmarks made determinations on the disposition of 95 items added to Landmarks’ calendar before 2010, but never subjected to a vote on designation. In 2015 the commission had announced an initiative to clear the calendar of the backlogged items. Landmarks held a series of public hearings to give the public an opportunity to testify on the items, some of which had languished on Landmarks’ calendar for decades. At the meeting on February 23, 2016 commissioners voted to keep 30 items on the calendar for a vote on designation during 2016. The remaining 65 items will be decalendared. Landmarks’ determinations on all 95 items are listed in the associated chart.

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    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, City Council, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Council Member Steven Matteo, John Gustafsson, Joseph Borelli, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Mark Silberman, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Michael Devonshire, Public Design Commission, Sarah Carroll
    Date:02/29/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Roof Addition to Rare Surviving Park Avenue Rowhouse Sent Back for Revision

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    Rendering of 890 Park Avenue. Image Credit: Murdock Solon Architects.

    Rendering of 890 Park Avenue roof addition. Image Credit: Murdock Solon Architects.

    1885 Queen Anne-style rowhouse would return to serving as a one-family dwelling; applicants said proposed work would allow light into building and provide space to compensate for lack of a rear yard. On February 2, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for an addition and alterations to a rowhouse at 890 Park Avenue in the Upper East Side Historic District. The Queen Anne-style brownstone was built in 1885 and designed by James E. Ware, a prominent architect of residential buildings, including the individually landmarked City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate. It is one of only three low-rise buildings surviving along the avenue. In the 20th century, the building was converted into multiple apartments units, with ground floor retail. The applicants intend to return the building to its status as a one-family dwelling. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District, Historic Districts Council, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Murdock Solon Architects, Wellington Chen
    Date:02/10/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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