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    Commission Held First of Four Special Hearings to Address Backlog

    Designation Hearings  •  Citywide
    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Credit: LPC.

    Landmarks Preservation Commission. Credit: LPC.

    Wide support voiced for designation of Coney Island pumping Station; potential extension to Douglaston Historic District and individual designation of Queens Apartment complex and religious structures proved contentious. On October 8, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held the first of four hearings meant to address the backlog of items on the Commission’s calendar added prior to 2010. Twenty-nine items were considered, in three groupings of multiple items clustered by borough. Each speaker had three minutes to testify for each batch, rather than on individual items. At the meeting, Landmark heard testimony on one batch of items in the Bronx, one in Brooklyn, and one in Queens. (read more…)

    Tags : Christabel Gough, Council Member Mark Treygar, Council Member Rafael Espinal, Councilmember Peter Koo, Historic Districts Council, Ken Fisher, New York Landmark Conservancy, Paul Vallone, Society for the Architecture of the City, State Senator Tony Avella
    Date:10/20/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Development of Willets Point Blocked on Appeal

    City Council  •  Willets Point, Queens
    Long View Rendering of 126th Street and Citi Field. Image Credit: NYC EDC.

    Long View Rendering of 126th Street and Citi Field. Image Credit: NYC EDC.

    Appellate panel found the authorization for private construction on parkland did not extend to a shopping mall.  On October 9, 2013, the City Council approved Queens Development Group’s planned 10-story, 200-room hotel and 30,000-square foot mall complex on the Willets Point West site, formerly the location of Shea Stadium.  The site was once the north end of Flushing Meadows Park until the state legislature authorized the stadium’s construction in 1961.  The development would anchor further construction of infrastructure improvements, mixed-income housing, and a school.  Since the stadium’s demolition in 2009, the site has served as a parking lot for Citi Field, but remains classified as parkland.

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    Tags : City Club of New York, Queens Development Group, State Senator Tony Avella, Willets Point West
    Date:07/21/2015
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Landmarks Withdraws Planned Removal of Multiple Designation Items from Calendar

    De-calendaring  •  Citywide

    Landmarks had originally scheduled removal of 94 potential individual landmarks and two historic districts from its calendar for December 9th. On December 5, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission rescinded plans to remove 96 items from its calendar without bringing the items to a vote of designation. The items planned to be removed included 94 items calendared as potential individual City landmarks, and two potential historic districts. The action, called a decalendaring, was scheduled to take place at its public meeting on December 9, 2015. (read more…)

    Tags : Greenwich Village for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Linda Rosenthal, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Tony Avella
    Date:12/08/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Court Dismisses Action Against Willets Point Developers

    City Council, City Planning Commission  •  Willets Point, Queens
    Long View Rendering of 126th Street and Citi Field. Image Credit: NYC EDC.

    Long View Rendering of 126th Street and Citi Field. Image Credit: NYC EDC.

    Public trust doctrine did not apply to Willets Point West development project.  On August 15, 2014, the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan denied petitions for declarative and injunctive relief against the Willets Point Development Project in Queens.  The petitions were brought by a coalition led by New York State Senator Tony Avella, The City Club of New York, and New York City Park Advocates.  The petitioners argued that constructing a shopping mall and hotel was an improper use of the Willets Point West parkland, and that it should remain open for public events including circus performances and concerts.

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    Tags : City Club of New York, City Planning Commission, New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York City Park Advocates, Queens Community Board 7, Related Companies, State Senator Tony Avella, Sterling Equities, Willets Point Development Project
    Date:09/02/2014
    Category : Court Decisions
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