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    City Council Approves SoHo Residential Conversion

    Special Permit  •  SoHo, Manhattan

    Image credit: LPC

    The residential conversion project includes the restoration of cast-iron building in SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District. On September 7, 2017, the City Council voted 45-0 to approve an application for a special permit to allow residential and retail uses at 40 Wooster Street in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The applicant, 40 Wooster Street Restoration LLC which is a subsidiary of the Northwind Group, sought the special permit to allow for residential and retail uses in what was once a primarily manufacturing district but has become over the years a mixed-use district. The SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, which includes 40 Wooster Street, now contains many cast-iron loft buildings with retail, restaurants, galleries, and boutique clothing stores on the ground floor and with office and residential space on the upper floors. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Margaret Chin, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, Wooster Street
    Date:09/11/2017
    Category : City Council
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    Planning Commission Approves Broader Retail Use in Ground Floor on Greene Street

    ULURP  •  SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District, Manhattan

    62 Greene Street, Manhattan. Image credit: GoogleMaps

    The City Planning Commission approved the conversion of a Greene Street ground floor into retail space. On June 21, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application from 62 Greene Owners Corporation, owner of 62 Greene Street in Manhattan’s SoHo Cast-Iron Historic District. The application sought a special permit to modify use regulations of Section 42-14(D)(2)(a) of the Zoning Resolution to allow retail uses on portions of the ground floor and cellar of the existing five-story building. (read more…)

    Tags : Greene Street, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
    Date:07/11/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    New Six-Story-Plus-Penthouse Building Approved for Site Occupied by 1940s Garage

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  SoHo, Manhattan

    134 Wooster Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: Morris Adjmi Architects.

    Morris Adjmi-designed plan would be faced with steel frame inspired by cast-iron architecture in front of a setback glass curtain wall. On March 15, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved a proposal to demolish an existing 1940 garage and construct a new retail and office building at 134 Wooster Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Premier Equities are the site’s developers. The development shares the same block as another planned development previously approved by Landmarks and the City Council, at 150 Wooster Street. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Barbara Zay, Li Saltzman Architects, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Michael Devonshire, Morris Adjimi Architects, Premier Equities, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
    Date:03/21/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    New 7-story-Plus-Penthouse Building Spanning Two Lots Approved

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  SoHo, Manhattan
    Rendering of 146-150 Wooster Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: KUB Capital.

    Rendering of 146-150 Wooster Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: KUB Capital.

    Revisions made in light of commissioner comments include refinements made to base, cornice, and window surrounds. On April 14, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve the demolition of a one-story garage, and the development of the site as well as an adjacent lot at 146-150 Wooster Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. The new building is intended for primarily resident use, with retail use at the ground floor. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Meenakshi Srinivasan, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
    Date:04/23/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Landmarks Split on Project Proposed for SoHo Site

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  SoHo, Manhattan
    Artist's rendering of 150 Wooster Street. Image Credit: CityLand

    Artist’s rendering of 150 Wooster Street. Image Credit: CityLand

    Landmarks previously approved demolition of one-story garage and new seven-story building in 2011. On March 3, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for the demolition of an existing one-story garage, and the construction of a new six-story-plus-penthouse building, at 150 Wooster Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. The two-lot site is currently occupied by a vacant lot and a garage, which was heavily altered from an earlier structure at some point in the 20th century after the building. Landmarks approved a project at the site in 2011, which would have been similar in scale, though one story taller, and also entailed the demolition of the garage. The project was never realized and the building now has different owners, and a different design team has been retained, for an entirely new application.

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    Tags : 150 Wooster Street, Frank Chaney, Historic Districts Council, KUB Capital, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District
    Date:03/12/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Zoning Subcommittee Modifies Special Permit for Broome Street Conversion

    Special Permit  •  SoHo, Manhattan
    498 Broome Street. Image credit: Umberto Squarcia Designs, Inc.

    498 Broome Street. Image credit: Umberto Squarcia Designs, Inc.

    Permit will allow Use Group 2 residential on the third through sixth floors only.  On March 9, 2015 the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted to approve a modified special permit for the conversion of 498 Broome Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District of Manhattan to Use Group 2 residential.  The approved permit restricts conversion of the building to Use Group 2 residential for only the third through sixth floors, and leaves the cellar, first, and second floors subject to the standing zoning regulation which permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for Artists.  The permit as originally requested would have allowed Use Group 2 on portions of the first floor and all of the second through sixth floors.

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    Tags : 498 Broome Street, Council Member Margaret Chin, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, Zoning and Franchises Subcommittee
    Date:03/11/2015
    Category : City Council
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