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    City Planning Approves National Black Theater Building in East Harlem

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    Project outline over existing structure. Image Credit: CPC.

    The National Black Theater is developing new performance space, retail space, and 240 residential units, including 72 affordable units, in East Harlem. On October 18, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application by NBT Victory Development LLC. The application for a zoning map amendment, a zoning text amendment, and a special permit to waive required parking will facilitate the development of a 20-story mixed-used building including housing, retail space, and performance space for the National Black Theater. The project area is bordered by East 126th Street to the north, East 125th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and residences and community facilities to the east. The project address is 2031-2033 Fifth Avenue. (read more…)

    Tags : Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 11, The National Black Theater
    Date:12/01/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    CPC Approves Mixed-Use Development with Community Gardens in East Harlem

    ULURP  •  East Harlem, Manhattan

    Sendero Verde Rendering. Image Credit: Handle Architects.

    A three-building mixed-use project will create 655 affordable housing units, 4 community gardens, an elevated public courtyard, space for Mt. Sinai medical offices and a DREAM charter school in East Harlem. On October 2, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on the Sendero Verde application submitted by NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”). The application will facilitate the development of three mixed-use buildings containing 655 affordable units, commercial and community facilities, community gardens, and publicly accessible open space. The project will be developed between 112th Street to the north, 111th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, , and Madison Avenue to the west. (read more…)

    Tags : DREAM charter school, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 11, Mount Sinai Medical Group
    Date:11/29/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    New Affordable Housing in East Harlem [UPDATE: City Council Approves Application]

    ULURP  •  East Harlem, Manhattan
    Lexington Gardens II

    Lexington Gardens II. Image Credit: Manhattan Community Board 11

    UPDATE: On November 29, 2016, the City Council voted 49-0 to approve the Lexington Gardens II project. The approval will allow Tahl Propp Equities and L+M Development Partners to proceed with the proposed development which will provide 400 new affordable units. One quarter of the affordable units will be permanently affordable under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing law, and the remainder will be affordable for 40 years under a regulatory agreement with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. “The Lexington Gardens development will advance the goals of the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan by making sure that hundreds of existing local community members can benefit from affordable units,” said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito in a statement. (read more…)

    Tags : Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Commissioner Larisa Ortiz, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 11, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Date:12/02/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Landmarks Request Proposal Revisions for Firehouse to Cultural Center Conversion

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    120 East 125th Street, Manhattan. Credit: CityLand.

    Commissioners suggested retaining former firehouse’s garage door and rethinking mural sizes for planned cultural center. On November 13, 2012, Landmarks considered a proposal by the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), to make modifications to the individually landmarked Fire Hook and Ladder Company No. 14 at 120 East 125th Street in Harlem. The Romanesque Revival firehouse, designed by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons and completed in 1889, was designated in 1997.  The firehouse was closed in 2003 due to budget cuts. The City Council approved sale of the building in 2007, on the condition that it be transferred to a community service provider. (See CityLand’s past coverage here.) CCCADI was awarded the firehouse, and presented the proposal in order to convert the firehouse into a new space for the Institute.

    Melody Capote, Director of External Affairs for the Institute, stated that moving to the 125th Street location, from the present Hell’s Kitchen location, would “place us in greater proximity to the constituencies we serve.” She stated that the site would host exhibitions, concerts, lectures, after-school programs, and “community-based learning.” Capote expressed hope that the location would allow the Institute to become a place where community members could “share ideas and dialogue.”

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    Tags : CSA Group, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Li/Saltzman Architects, Manhattan Community Board 11
    Date:11/16/2012
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Changes to 125th Street’s sidewalk cafe rules proposed

    Text Amendment  •  Harlem, Manhattan
    125th street street cafe. Image: Courtesy of NYC Department of City Planning.

    Amendment would tighten sidewalk cafe regulations within Harlem’s Special 125th Street District to address local congestion concerns. On June 7, 2011, the City Council’s Land Use Committee approved the Department of City Planning’s proposal to modify sidewalk cafe regulations within the Special 125th Street District in Harlem, Manhattan. The Special District comprises 24 blocks of East, Central, and West Harlem generally bounded by 126th Street to the north, 124th Street to the south, Second Avenue to the east, and Broadway to the west. All types of sidewalk cafes are currently permitted within the Special District, which was created in 2008 as part of the 125th Street rezoning plan to encourage local arts and entertainment uses, and to ensure that future development along the corridor respected the area’s built character. 5 CityLand 53 (May 15, 2008).

    The proposed sidewalk amendment is a response to community concerns expressed during the Special 125th Street District rezoning’s public review regarding the impact of outdoor cafes on sidewalks with high pedestrian traffic. (read more…)

    Tags : 125th street sidewalk cafe, City Council’s Land Use Committee, Council’s Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee hearing, Manhattan Community Board 10, Manhattan Community Board 11, Manhattan Community Board 9, sidewalk amendment, Special 125th Street District, zoning text amendment
    Date:06/15/2011
    Category : City Council
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    Affordable housing project along the Harlem River OK’d

    UDAAP/Rezoning  •  East Harlem, Manhattan

    Image: courtesy of GF55 Partners.

    Mixed-use project would provide 314 affordable rental units and replace a former welfare intake center. On February 16, 2011, the City Planning Commission approved the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s proposal to allow L+M Development Partners and Artimus Construction to develop a 314-unit affordable housing project on a City-owned lot between the Harlem River Drive and Park Avenue’s elevated Metro-North railway in East Harlem. The 296,486 sq.ft. project, known as Harlem River Point, would replace a four-story building formerly occupied by a Human Resources Administration welfare intake center. The block is bounded by East 131st Street, Park Avenue, and Harlem River Drive.

    L+M and Artimus would construct three connected buildings ranging in height from three to thirteen stories. The project would provide 2,340 sq.ft. of commercial space, a 3,000 sq.ft. courtyard, and space for a 10,300 sq.ft. day care center. According to HPD, 60 apartments would be available to families earning up to 40 percent of the area median income, 184 units would be available to families earning up to 60 percent of the area median income, and 70 units would be set aside for families earning between 80 and 130 percent of the area median income. HPD requested permission to dispose of the City-owned site and to rezone the block from R7-2 to R8 with a C2-4 commercial overlay. (read more…)

    Tags : Artimus Construction, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, L+M Development Partners, Manhattan Community Board 11
    Date:03/15/2011
    Category : City Planning Commission
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