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    Former stables trigger West Side landmarking debate

    Hearing  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Upper West Side’s Dakota Stables, currently used as a parking garage. Photo: LPC.

    Developer had received building permits on historic stable prior to landmarking hearing. On October 17, 2006, Landmarks held hearings to consider the designation of two Upper West Side buildings originally used as livery stables, the Mason or Dakota Stables at 348 Amsterdam Avenue between West 76th and West 77th Streets, and the New York Cab Company Stable at 318 Amsterdam Avenue at West 75th Street.

    Opening the hearing on the Dakota Stables, Landmarks Chair Robert Tierney stated that the current owner, Sylgar Properties, had received permits from the Department of Buildings to make “fairly significant facade alterations” to the five-story Renaissance-Revival style stables and that Landmarks knew of the permits’ issuance when it voted to consider designation. The Dakota Stables, designed by architect Bradford Gilbert, was one of the largest livery stables in the city when constructed in 1894. During public testimony, a current photo showing the building covered in tarps and scaffolding remained projected on the hearing room wall. (read more…)

    Tags : 348 Amsterdam Ave., Mason Stables aka Dakota Stables, Sylgar Properties
    Date:11/15/2006
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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