logo CityLand
      • Home
      • About CityLand
      • CityLand Sponsors
      • Filings & Decisions
      • Commentary
      • Archive
      • Resources
      • CityLaw
      • Current Issue

    Landmarks Approves a New Construction Design for Rowhouses in Fort Greene Historic District

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Fort Greene Historic District

    Rendering of Approved 352-360 Clermont Ave. Image Credit: Landmarks and CWB Architects

    New rowhouses in Fort Greene will feature curb cuts and garages. On September 10, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and voted to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct five new four-story rowhouses at 352-360 Clermont Avenue in the Fort Greene Historic District in Brooklyn. The site is currently used as a one story garage and parking lot. Brendan Coburn of CWB Architects presented on behalf of the applicant.

    (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn, Clermont Ave, Fort Green Historic District, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, rowhouses
    Date:09/24/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (1) Comment

    New Rowhouse Approved In Sugar Hill

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    449 Convent Avenue rendering. Image credit: LPC.

    19th-century rowhouse that previously stood at site demolished by emergency declaration after owner failed to make repairs following fire. On July 24, 2018, Landmarks voted to approve the construction of a new building at 449 Convent Avenue in the Hamilton Height/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension. An 1897 Renaissance Revival rowhouse occupied the site until 2011, when it was demolished by the Department of Buildings under an emergency declaration. The demolition followed a severe fire, and the building was declared unsafe after the owner failed to make necessary repairs. (read more…)

    Tags : 449 Convent Avenue, department of buildings, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, rowhouses, Sugar Hill
    Date:08/06/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Support Voiced for Designation of Central Harlem District

    Designation Hearing  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Central Harlem West 130-132nd Historic District. Image credit: LPC.

    164-building potential district characterized by 19th-century residential architecture, and cultural and political history.            Landmarks held a public hearing on the potential designation of the Central Harlem West 130-132nd Historic District at its meeting on April 17, 2018. The district is composed of the block interiors on 130th, 131st, and 132nd Streets between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. The district includes approximately 164 buildings, chiefly built during a brief period of development in the final decades of the 19th century. The speculative rowhouses were constructed in architectural styles appealing to the middle class of the period, primarily Neo Grec, interspersed Queen Anne, Renaissance Revival, and Romanesque Revival. Landmarks Executive Director Sarah Carroll stated that the proposed designation had come about through Landmarks’ study of properties associated with African-American history and the civil rights movement. (read more…)

    Tags : Central Harlem, designation, Friendship Baptist Church, Friendship House, Landmarks, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NAACP, New Amsterdam Musical Association, rowhouses
    Date:05/07/2018
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Leave a Comment

    Subscribe To Free Alerts


    Follow Us on Social Media

    twitterfacebook

    Search

    Search by Category

      City Council
      CityLaw
      City Planning Commission
      Board of Standards & Appeals
      Landmarks Preservation Commission
      Economic Development Corporation
      Housing Preservation & Development
      Administrative Decisions
      Court Decisions
      Filings and Decisions
      CityLand Profiles

    Search by Date

    © 1997-2010 New York Law School | 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212.431.2100 | Privacy | Terms | Code of Conduct | DMCA | Policies
     

    Loading Comments...