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    Addition to American Museum of Natural History on Columbus Avenue Side Approved

    Binding Report  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan
    Museum of Natural History

    Rendering of the interior of the Museum. Image Credit: LPC.

    Approved addition, occupying a quarter acre of parkland, will increase connections for better museum circulation, provide additional space to store collection materials, and allow visitors to watch scientists at work. At its meeting on October 11, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to issue a binding report for the construction of an addition, and associated demolition, to the American Museum of Natural History, an individual landmark on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The addition, to be named the Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation, will be the first significant intervention on the museum campus since the completion of the Rose Center for Earth and Space in 2000. The addition would be sited on the western side of the museum, and would create new Columbus Avenue public entrance. (read more…)

    Tags : American Museum of Natural History, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Landmark West!, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Municipal Art Society, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Wellington Chen
    Date:10/31/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Block Front Redevelopment Approved After Modifications

    Certificates of Appropriateness  •  Meatpacking District, Manhattan
    Rendering of approved development. Image credit: BKSK

    Rendering of approved development. Image credit: BKSK

    Commissioners split on simultaneous redevelopment of five buildings, including significant increase in height beyond existing structures in some lots. On June 7, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation voted to approve the issuance of three certificates of appropriateness impacting five buildings spanning an entire block on the south side of Gansevoort Street between Greenwich and Washington Street in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The five buildings occupy three tax lots. Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate are the project’s developers.

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    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, BKSK Architects, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Devonshire, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Gansevoort Market Historic District, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Wellington Chen
    Date:06/13/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Commission asks for revisions to controversial redevelopment of Gansevoort Street block

    Certificates of Appropriateness  •  Meatpacking District, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed development as it would appear when viewed from Whitney Museum. Image credit: BKSK Architects

    Scale and massing of proposed new building and additions require moderation. On February 9, 2016, Landmarks heard the applicants’ response to criticism from those who testified at a public hearing on November 10, 2015, concerning the redevelopment of a block face in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The work encompasses 46-48, 50, 52-58, 60-68, and 70-74 Gansevoort Street, between Greenwich and Washington Streets. The five buildings comprise three tax lots. The block is diagonally across from the new Whitney Museum.

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    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Andrew Berman, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Aurora Capital Associates, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Member Corey Johnson, Gansevoort Market Historic District, Harry Kendall, Higgins Quasebarth, Historic Districts Council, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Meenakshi Srinivasan, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Real Estate Board of New York, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Wellington Chen
    Date:02/23/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Roof Addition to Rare Surviving Park Avenue Rowhouse Sent Back for Revision

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    Rendering of 890 Park Avenue. Image Credit: Murdock Solon Architects.

    Rendering of 890 Park Avenue roof addition. Image Credit: Murdock Solon Architects.

    1885 Queen Anne-style rowhouse would return to serving as a one-family dwelling; applicants said proposed work would allow light into building and provide space to compensate for lack of a rear yard. On February 2, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for an addition and alterations to a rowhouse at 890 Park Avenue in the Upper East Side Historic District. The Queen Anne-style brownstone was built in 1885 and designed by James E. Ware, a prominent architect of residential buildings, including the individually landmarked City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate. It is one of only three low-rise buildings surviving along the avenue. In the 20th century, the building was converted into multiple apartments units, with ground floor retail. The applicants intend to return the building to its status as a one-family dwelling. (read more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner Fred Bland, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District, Historic Districts Council, John Gustafsson, Manhattan Community Board 2, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Murdock Solon Architects, Wellington Chen
    Date:02/10/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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