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    Fourth Time’s a Charm for New Merchant’s House-adjacent Building

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  NoHo, Manhattan
    Merchant House Museum, located in the NoHo Historic District Extension. Image Credit: Merchant House Museum.

    Merchant House Museum, located in the NoHo Historic District Extension. Image Credit: Merchant House Museum.

    Commissioners concluded that safeguards were sufficient to protect against damage to museum, and design would be unobtrusive within the historic district. On April 8, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission conferred for the fourth and final time on the appropriateness of an approved development at 27 East 4th Street in the NoHo Historic District Extension. The planned eight-story building adjoins the Merchant’s House, an 1832 dwelling and individual and interior landmark currently open to the public as a museum. The proposed building is intended for commercial use.

    Testimony at the initial September 11, 2012 hearing focused on the potential adverse impact of the development, which included potential damage to the historic interior plasterwork and the overwhelming the scale of the Merchant House.  Throughout the approval process, Commissioners were both concerned about the project’s impact on the Merchant’s House, and the proposed building’s suitability for the street and the historic district. (more…)

    Tags : Merchant House Museum, SRA Architecture and Engineering
    Date: 04/22/2014
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