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    Commissioners Stymied by Century Association Special Permit

      •  Union Square, Manhattan

    Rendering of the proposed new tower at 110 East 16th Street. Image credit: LPC

    A City Planning application, which required report from Landmarks, would see the restoration and maintenance of the Century Association Building in exchange for special permits to develop 21-story tower. On July 18, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application from Tishman Realty for a restoration and maintenance plan for the Century Association Building, an individual City landmark, as part of a 74-711 special permit application to City Planning. In a 74-11 application, City Planning may waive use and bulk regulations, in exchange for the restoration and continue maintenance of historic buildings. In such an application, Landmarks issues a report to City Planning that the bulk modifications relate harmoniously to the subject historic structure. The applicants also proposed to makes some alteration to the landmarks’ base and facade. (read more…)

    Tags : Historic Districts Council, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, SEIU 32BJ, Strasberg Institute
    Date:09/07/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Community Engagement Begins for 86th Street Area BID Formation

    BID Creation  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    Councilmember Ben Kallos. Image credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council

    Councilmember Ben Kallos. Image credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council

    The proposed Business Improvement District would be the 73rd BID established in New York City.  On November 6, 2015, City Council member Ben Kallos issued a press release regarding the launch of a push to create a Business Improvement District on East 86th Street in Manhattan.  The press release notes that a “District Needs Survey” was mailed out to community businesses, residents, and property owners last week.

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    Tags : Assembly Member Dan Quart, Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, City Council, City Planning Commission, Council Member Ben Kallos, Department of Small Business Services, East 86th Street BID, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Senator Liz Krueger
    Date:11/09/2015
    Category : Business Improvement Districts
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    Proposed Changes to Landmarks Law Garner Interest, Stir Controversy

    Administrative Code Amendment  •  Citywide
    Councilmember David Greenfield, chair of the Committee on Land Use . Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    Councilmember David Greenfield, chair of the Committee on Land Use, co-sponsored one of the Landmarks Law bills . Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    Landmarks Chair testified that changes could be better promulgated through agency rule-making rather than by legislative fiat. On September 9, 2015 the City Council held a hearing on two potential bills that would alter the Landmarks Law section of the Administrative Code. The hearing drew a crowd that filled the main Council chamber, with over 100 people filling out forms to testify on the proposals. (read more…)

    Tags : Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Buildings and Construction Trades Council, Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Daniel Garodnick, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Inez Dickens, Council Member Jumaame Williams, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Member Rosie Mendez, Councilmember Peter Koo, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Municipal Art Society, New York Landmarks Conservancy, New York State Association for Affordable Housing, Partnership for New York City, Real Estate Board of New York, Rent Stabilization Association, SEIU 32BJ
    Date:09/17/2015
    Category : City Council
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    Demolition of Two Non-Historic Structures, New Canopy, Proposed for Seaport Pier

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  South Street Seaport, Manhattan
    Architect's rendering of the Pier 17 proposal. Image credit: SHoP Architects

    Architect’s rendering of the Pier 17 proposal. Image credit: SHoP Architects

    The demolitions would make new Pier building a free-standing structure, with four visible facades, and a new canopy that would allow for all-weather use of roof space. On August 4, 2015, representatives of the Howard Hughes Corporation appeared at the Landmarks Preservation Commission to propose revisions to their planned redevelopment of Piers 16 and 17 in the South Street Seaport Historic District. Landmarks in 2012 approved an application by SHoP Architects, after multiple hearings, to replace the 1985 mall that previously stood on the site. The pier, at 89 South Street, lies in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport Historic District.

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    Tags : City Club of New York, Downtown Alliance, Howard Hughes Corporation, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, New York Landmark Conservancy, Pier 16, Pier 17, REBNY, Save Our Seaport, SHoP Architects, South Street Seaport Historic District
    Date:08/12/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Garodnick Addresses Phase Two of East Midtown Rezoning

    East Midtown Rezoning  •  New York Law School
    Councilmember Daniel Garodnick delivers the keynote address of the East Midtown Rezoning panel. Image credit: Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

    Councilmember Daniel Garodnick delivers the keynote address of the East Midtown Rezoning panel. Image credit: Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

    The Councilmember spoke to early details of what’s next after the Vanderbilt Corridor.  On July 16, 2015 City Councilmember Daniel Garodnick delivered the keynote address at the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce’s panel discussion on the East Midtown Rezoning.  (See CityLand’s complete video of the event here.)

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    Tags : Council Member Daniel Garodnick, East Midtown rezoning, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Vanderbilt Corridor
    Date:07/22/2015
    Category : City Council
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    Complete Video from the East Midtown Rezoning Panel

    East Midtown Rezoning  •  New York Law School

    On Thursday, July 16, 2015, the Center for New York City Law and Center for Real Estate Studies at New York Law School hosted a panel on the East Midtown rezoning.  The panel consisted of Dr. Michael Horodniceanu of the MTA, Chris Sameth of Kuafu Properties, Jeffrey Holmes of Woods Bagot Architects, Dirk Hrobsky of DTZ, and was moderated by Manhattan Chamber of Commerce chairman Ken Biberaj.  The keynote speaker was City Councilmember Daniel Garodnick.

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    Tags : Council Member Daniel Garodnick, DTZ, Ken Biberaj, Kuafu Properties, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, MTA, Woods Bagot
    Date:07/17/2015
    Category : The Center for New York City Law, The Center for Real Estate Studies
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