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125 Christopher Street

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:51:02 +0000

CB2 hearing: TBD
LPC hearing: TBD

Greenwich Village Historic District
Between Hudson and Bleecker Streets

APPLICATION:
From the LPC agenda: An apartment building designed by H.I. Feldman and built in 1944. Application is to construct a barrier-free access ramp.

PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION:
To be posted after the Community Board 2 public hearing.

APPLICATION STATUS:
Also check “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below for scheduled CB2 and LPC hearing times and locations.

LATEST NEWS As of 5/16/12: The applicant for this application did not attend Community Board 2′s hearing on May 14th. Because of this, it is assumed that their public hearing date has been laid over at the Landmarks Preservation Commission. We are awaiting confirmation.

As of 5/9/12: This application is scheduled to be heard for the first time at Community Board 2 on May 14th. Public testimony welcome.

GET INVOLVED / HEARING TIMES:
1) Receive updates by email
Please click here if you would like GVSHP to email you when there are updates to the status of this application.

2) Attend and speak at the Community Board 2 (CB2) public hearing
When: TBD
Where: TBD

*As this information is subject to change, please visit the community board’s website for the latest available agenda.* This application is scheduled to be shown publicly for the first time at CB2′s Landmarks & Public Aesthetics Committee public hearing. Public attendance and testimony are welcome (note: this will be the first opportunity for the public to comment on this application).

3) Attend and speak at the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) public hearing
When: TBD
Where: 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, public hearing room

**Please check the Commission’s agenda the Friday afternoon before the public hearing to see the approximate time that this application is scheduled to be heard. Please note that items can sometimes be postponed (laid over) to a future date.** At this hearing, the Commission will officially vote to approve or deny the application, or ask that the applicant return at a later date with revisions. Public attendance and testimony are welcome (note: this will most likely be the last opportunity for public comment on this application).

4) Email the Community Board or the Landmarks Preservation Commission
If you cannot attend the public hearings but would still like to comment, please click here to contact the Community Board or the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Be sure to send them your comments before the hearing dates indicated above.

DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP:

From the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, published by the LPC in 1969:

This six-story corner apartment house was designed in 1944 by H. I. Feldman for the Christopher Hudson Company. One of the interesting features of this otherwise simple brick building was the attempt by the architect to solve the problem of the unsightly fire escape. Here this was done by recessing the two fire escapes in a bay which extends the full height of the building. The corner at the intersection of Christopher and Hudson Streets has been cut off on the diagonal to receive one window. The only ornament consists of horizontal brick bands between the windows.

304 Bleecker Street

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:50:49 +0000

LPC hearing: 05/22/2012
CB2 hearing: 05/14/2012

Greenwich Village Historic District
Between Barrow and Grove Streets

APPLICATION:
From the LPC agenda: A dwelling originally built in 1829, converted to commercial use, with a fourth floor added in the early 20th century. Application is to replace storefront infill and install lighting and signage. Zoned C2-6.

PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION:
From the Community Board 2 public hearing.

APPLICATION STATUS:
Also check “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below for scheduled CB2 and LPC hearing times and locations.

LATEST NEWS As of 5/16/12: Community Board 2 heard this application on May 14th. It is next scheduled for a public hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission on May 22nd. Public testimony welcome.

As of 5/9/12: This application is scheduled to be heard for the first time at Community Board 2 on May 14th. Public testimony welcome.

GET INVOLVED / HEARING TIMES:
1) Receive updates by email
Please click here if you would like GVSHP to email you when there are updates to the status of this application.

2) Attend and speak at the Community Board 2 (CB2) public hearing
When: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm
Where: Our Lady of Pompei Church, 25 Carmine Street, Father Demo Hall

3) Attend and speak at the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) public hearing
When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at time TBD (see info below)**
Where: 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, public hearing room

DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP:

From the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, published by the LPC in 1969:

58 Bank Street

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:29:11 +0000

LPC hearing: 05/22/2012
CB2 hearing: 05/14/2012

Greenwich Village Historic District
Between Bleecker and West 4th Streets

APPLICATION:
From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style house built in the mid 1840s and later altered with a fourth floor and an Italianate style cornice. Application is to alter the rear facade. Zoned R6.

PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION:
From the Community Board 2 public hearing.

APPLICATION STATUS:
Also check “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below for scheduled CB2 and LPC hearing times and locations.

As of 5/9/12: This application is scheduled to be heard for the first time at Community Board 2 on May 14th. Public testimony welcome.

GET INVOLVED / HEARING TIMES:
1) Receive updates by email
Please click here if you would like GVSHP to email you when there are updates to the status of this application.

2) Attend and speak at the Community Board 2 (CB2) public hearing
When: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm
Where: Our Lady of Pompei Church, 25 Carmine Street, Father Demo Hall

DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP:

From the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, published by the LPC in 1969:

#58 Originally Greek Revival in style, this three-story house of the
mid-Eighteen-forties later acquired a fourth story and an imposing,
bracketed Italianate cornice. The house retains its stoop and long
parlor floor windows. An unusual central escutcheon embellishes the
sheetmetal cornices over the windows of the fourth floor; the bold
sheetmetal window cornices of the lower stories are likewise later
additions. The house was originally erected for John Van Nest,
associated with the long-established family saddlery business at 114
Pearl Street.

20 West 11th Street

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:10:11 +0000

LPC hearing: 05/22/2012
CB2 hearing: 05/14/2012

Greenwich Village Historic District
Between 5th and 6th Avenues

APPLICATION:
From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style row house built in 1844-45. Application is to replace windows.

PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION:
From the Community Board 2 public hearing.

APPLICATION STATUS:
Also check “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below for scheduled CB2 and LPC hearing times and locations.

As of 5/9/12: This application is scheduled to be heard for the first time at Community Board 2 on May 14th. Public testimony welcome.

GET INVOLVED / HEARING TIMES:
1) Receive updates by email
Please click here if you would like GVSHP to email you when there are updates to the status of this application.

2) Attend and speak at the Community Board 2 (CB2) public hearing
When: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm
Where: Our Lady of Pompei Church, 25 Carmine Street, Father Demo Hall

DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP:

From the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report, published by the LPC in 1969:

This row of seven elegant brick Greek. Revival town houses was
built for Henry Brevoort, Jr., in 1844-45. Five were gifts to his
five daughters, and this broke up the remainder of the old Brevoort
Farm. No. 20 remains virtually unaltered from its original appearance.
The attractive wrought ironwork of the stoop and yard railings and
the cast iron railings of the floor-length drawing room windows are the
originals. The muntined windows of the low attic appear unchanged at
the third floor, and the dentiled roof cornice is the original. A
fourth floor studio has been added, but it has been set back so as not
to minimize the beauty of the cornice. The rusticated basement, such
as may be still seen at No. 14, has been smooth-stuccoed.

The ironwork for this entire row is an exceptionally well preserved
example typical of the late Greek Revival period. The yard and stoop
railings display decorative castings at the base, and the drawing room
window railings have a diamond-shaped central field with border. The
original doorways with sloping or battered sides and “eared” frames at
the top, surmounted by a cornice, may still be seen at Nos. 14, 16 and
20. The doors with their pilastered frames, sidelights, and transoms
are but little altered.

Nos. 14 and 18 were later “Federalized” by the addition of swagged
stone panels above the first floor doors and windows and, in the case
of No. 18, by the substitution of a simple round-arched brick doorway
for the one with Greek pilasters.

It is interesting to note that the original dentiled roof cornice
remains basically intact, except at houses Nos. 18 and 26, and in all
cases the cornice height is the same, giving the row a unified appearance.
This has been achieved despite the raising of most of the attic
windows to a height desired in the Twentieth Century. No. 22, although
remodeled with a white brick front, retains its attic window openings
and dentiled roof cornice. The wood sash has been replaced by steel
casements, yet the ironwork at the front remains intact. The doorway
is the original with a door of a later period. This is the only house
in this row in which the first floor windowsills have been raised.
Nos. 24 and 26 have been remodeled to provide basement entrances, but
have retained much of their original appearance. Nos. 14, 18, and
24 are the only ones to retain the rustication of their stone basements.
No. 24 retains its floor-length parlor story windows with handsome cast
iron railings and a third one added, replacing the former front door.

714 Broadway

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:18:25 +0000

LPC hearing: 05/22/2012
CB2 hearing: 05/14/2012

NoHo Historic District
Between East 4th Street and Washington Place

APPLICATION:
From the LPC agenda: A neo-Classical style store building designed by Buchman and Deisler and built in 1896-97. Application is to install wall-hung JHVAC units on a secondary facade.

PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION:
From the Community Board 2 public hearing.

APPLICATION STATUS:
Also check “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below for scheduled CB2 and LPC hearing times and locations.

LATEST NEWS As of 5/16/12: Community Board 2 heard this application on May 14th. It is next scheduled to be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission on May 22nd. Public testimony welcome.

As of 5/9/12: This application is scheduled to be heard for the first time at Community Board 2 on May 14th. Public testimony welcome.

GET INVOLVED / HEARING TIMES:
1) Receive updates by email
Please click here if you would like GVSHP to email you when there are updates to the status of this application.

2) Attend and speak at the Community Board 2 (CB2) public hearing
When: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm
Where: Our Lady of Pompei Church, 25 Carmine Street, Father Demo Hall

3) Attend and speak at the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) public hearing
When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at time TBD (see link below)**
Where: 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, public hearing room

DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP:

From the NoHo Historic District Designation Report, published by the LPC in 1999:

714 Broadway (East side between East 4th Street and Astor Place)
Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 545, lot 8 in part (old lot 9)
Date of construction: 1896-97
Architect: Buchman & Deisler
Original owner: Stern & Schwartz
Type: Store
Style: Neo-Classical
Stories: 11
Structure/material: Steel and cast-iron frame with limestone facing

Features: Three bays; non-historic storefront and entrance to upper floors; historic
galvanized-iron store cornice projecting at the center bays survives; non-historic signage,
marquee, and lighting; arched fenestration at second and eighth stories; historic and nonhistoric
sash; bracketed balconies with balustrades at second and tenth stories; rusticated
piers; scrolled keystones; panelled spandrels; gabled window hoods at the tenth story; parapet
with inset pediment, topped by finials; north wall has lot-line windows.

History: This store building was designed by Buchman & Deisler and constructed in 1896-97
for Stern & Schwartz at a time when the earlier five- and six-story loft buildings that lined
this section of Broadway were being replaced by taller commercial structures like 714
Broadway. The building was constructed with an internal connection to 716 Broadway (lot
10) at the basement level. Most records regarding this building have been lost; however, its
lot was merged with the neighboring building at 712 Broadway (lot 8 ) between 1961 and
c.1985. It is now an elevator apartment building.

95 Horatio Street, 521-531 and 533-535 West Street, 84-88, 90-92 and 94-98 Gansevoort Street, and 802-816 Washington Street

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:50 +0000

LPC hearing: 05/22/2012
CB2 hearing: 05/14/2012

Gansevoort Market Historic District
Block bounded by Horatio, West, Gansevoort and Washington Streets

APPLICATION:
From the LPC agenda: Two Classical Revival style warehouses designed by Lansing C. Holden and built in 1897-98; a neo-Classical style warehouse/office building designed by John B. Snook & Sons and built in 1932; three neo-Classical style warehouses designed by J. Graham Glover and built in 1910-12, 1911-12 and 1923-26; and a neo-Classical style warehouse building designed by John B. Snook & Sons and built in 1931-35. Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the installation of signage.

PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION:
Presented at the Community Board 2 public hearing (for date and location times see “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below).

APPLICATION STATUS:
Check “Get Involved/Hearing Times” section below for scheduled CB2 and LPC hearing times and locations.

LATEST NEWS As of 5/16/12: Community Board 2 heard this application on May 14th. It is next scheduled to be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission on May 22nd. Public testimony welcome.

As of 5/9/12: This application is scheduled to be heard at Community Board 2 on May 14th. Public testimony welcome.

GET INVOLVED / HEARING TIMES:
1) Receive updates by email
Please click here if you would like GVSHP to email you when there are updates to the status of this application.

2) Attend and speak at the Community Board 2 (CB2) public hearing
When: Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm*
Where: Church of Our Lady of Pompei, 25 Carmine Street, Father Demo Hall

DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP:

Please see the extensive entry on this group of buildings through this link to the report (pages 95 – 112).