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    Landmarks Designates Sunset Park Historic Districts

    Designation  •  Sunset Park, Brooklyn

    Rowhouses along 50th Street in Sunset Park 50th Street Historic District. Image Credit: LPC.

    The four historic districts contain the most cohesive intact concentrations of high-quality architecture in Sunset Park, representing its primary periods of development. On June 18, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate four areas of Sunset Park, Brooklyn as historic districts: Sunset Park North, Sunset Park South, Central Sunset Park, and Sunset Park 50th Street. Sunset Park North, South, and Central Sunset Park Historic Districts are areas where coherent historic streetscapes continue across several blocks and together create a strong sense of place. The Sunset Park 50thStreet historic district contains two complete rows of browstones designed by Henry Spicer and Thomas Bennet and is the most consistent block in Sunset Park. The district boundaries were determined following extensive analysis of over 4,000 buildings between 40th and 60th Streets and 4th and 7th Avenues. Landmarks calendared the districts on January 22, 2019, and held a public hearing on May 7, 2019. (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn Historic Districts, Central Sunset Park HD, Landmark Designation, Sunset Park 50th Street HD, Sunset Park Historic Districts, Sunset Park North HD, Sunset Park South HD
    Date:06/25/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (2) Comment

    Landmarks Holds Hearing on Four Proposed Historic Districts in Sunset Park

    Designation Hearing  •  Sunset Park, Brooklyn

    Rowhouses along 50th Street in Proposed Sunset Park 50th Street Historic District. Image Credit: LPC.

    On May 7, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed landmark designation of four historic districts in Sunset Park, Brooklyn: Sunset Park North, Sunset Park South, Sunset Park 50th Street, and Central Sunset Park. The four proposed districts encompass blocks that were found to be the most cohesive and intact concentrations of Sunset Park’s architecture, representative of its primary periods of development. If approved, designation would provide Landmark protection to over 539 buildings, the majority of which are rowhouses constructed between the 1890s and 1910s. (read more…)

    Tags : Central Sunset Park HD, Designation Hearing, Historic District Designation, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Sunset Park 50th Street HD, Sunset Park Historic District, Sunset Park Landmarks Committee, Sunset Park North HD, Sunset Park South HD
    Date:05/20/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
    (1) Comment

    Landmarks Calendars Four Sunset Park Historic Districts

    Designation Calendaring  •  Sunset Park, Brooklyn

    Map of Sunset Park with the four proposed historic districts outlined in red. Image Credit: LPC.

    Landmarks research staff spent several years researching the area, surveying and documenting over 4,000 buildings. On January 22, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted to add to its calendar four areas of Sunset Park, Brooklyn for historic district designation. The proposals were presented to the Commission following years of extensive survey and analysis by the Landmarks research staff after a request for evaluation of the area from Sunset Park’s Landmarks Committee in 2014. The Sunset Park Landmarks Committee was established in 2012 by area residents and homeowners who were concerned with redevelopment changing the largely rowhouse-character of the area. To read CityLand coverage on the Committee’s efforts in building community support for designation in its early stages, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : Central Sunset Park HD, Sunset Park 50th Street HD, Sunset Park Historic District, Sunset Park Historic District Calendaring, Sunset Park Landmarks Committee, Sunset Park North HD, Sunset Park South HD
    Date:02/21/2019
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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