Landmarks declined to designate a fourth rowhouse at 38 Dominick Street after the owner argued that building had lost its historic fabric. On March 27, 2012, Landmarks designated three adjacent Federal-era houses at 32, 34, and 36 Dominick Street near the Holland Tunnel in SoHo as individual City landmarks. Landmarks had originally calendared the three buildings along with a fourth Federal rowhouse at 38 Dominick Street, but the agency ultimately declined to … <Read More>
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City seeking developer for 46-acre site in Staten Island’s Farm Colony – Seaview Hospital Historic District
Developers asked to incorporate historic preservation into proposals for Brielle Avenue parcel. The City’s Economic Development Corporation on March 6, 2012 issued a request for expressions of interest for the redevelopment of an approximately 46-acre site located on Brielle Avenue in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Staten Island. The majority of the property was originally used as an institutional work farm for the poor, known as the New York City Farm Colony, but has been … <Read More>
Another plan for Whitney Museum block offered
Developer, in second trip to Landmarks, altered materials and reduced massing of proposed development adjacent to the Whitney Museum. On February 14, 2012, Landmarks considered Daniel E. Straus’s revised proposal to redevelop eight buildings adjacent to the Whitney Museum in the Upper East Side Historic District. The plan would impact six row-houses at 933 to 943 Madison Avenue and two townhouses at 31 and 33 East 74th Street. Straus acquired the properties from the Whitney … <Read More>
Governors Island signage and landscaping approved
- Proposed welcome walls on Governors Island. Image: Courtesy of West 8.
Portions of Trust for Governors Island’s redevelopment plan falling within historic district needed Landmarks approval. On February 7, 2012, Landmarks issued a binding report approving portions of the Trust for Governors Island’s plan for the recreational redevelopment of the 172-acre Governors Island. Landmarks in July 2011 approved the Trust’s proposal to demolish six non-historic structures and landscape an area near the Yankee Pier public … <Read More>
Plan to demolish two-story building’s facade rejected
- 52 and 54 Lispenard Street. Image: Mary Gillen.
Commission rejected plan to replace low-rise building’s facade and build five-story addition that would cross over to neighboring building. On February 7, 2012, Landmarks rejected a proposal to alter neighboring two- and five-story buildings at 52 and 54 Lispenard Street in the Tribeca East Historic District. The proposal called for replacing the facade and adding five stories to the two-story building at 52 Lispenard and adding two … <Read More>
Metropolitan Museum’s plaza renovation approved
- Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plaza renovations. Image: Courtesy of OLIN
Opponents were concerned about how changes to plaza would impact views of the museum. On February 21, 2012, Landmarks issued a favorable advisory report on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s proposal to redesign its plaza along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The museum is an individual City landmark, while the plaza is considered part of Central Park, which is a scenic landmark. … <Read More>