APPROVED with modifications 02/07/2017

CB2 hearing: 12/15/2016
LPC hearing: 01/10/2017 – laid over
LPC hearing: 02/07/2017

Greenwich Village Historic District
Between West 4th Street and Bleecker Street

81-charles-st

Image courtesy of Google Street View

—- APPLICATION INFORMATION —-

1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to convert the building from multi-family apartments back to a single-family residence; rebuild the historic front stoop that had been removed and restore the base of the front facade to match the original design; enlarge an existing one-story rear extension into a two-story rear yard addition; add a rooftop addition and stair bulkhead; excavate the cellar down and expand it to the rear, under the rear yard.

2) View the application: Expanded application: Available in PDF; Original application: Available in PDF.

3) View CB2 Resolution: Available in PDF.

4) View the video: A curated list of LPC videos of these presentations from March 2014 onward can be found on our YouTube page. Please note that the LPC posts these videos about a week after the presentation. Videos include the applicant’s presentation, public testimony (for hearings only), and deliberation by the LPC commissioners.

5) LPC Permit: Available in PDF.

6) View LPC Decision:Available in PDF.

7) LPC designation report: Read this property’s architectural/historical description.

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—- STATUS OF THIS APPLICATION —-

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Please note: All LPC public hearings and public meetings are held at the Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 9th floor north, public hearing room (unless otherwise noted).

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o2/07/2017: At today’s LPC hearing, this application was approved with the following modification: the applicant work with staff to lower the bulkhead, that the applicant set the rooftop addition an additional 3‚Ä≤ from the rear facade and the applicant take care with any excavation with regards to any granite below grade.