June 1, 2021 Name of Landmark Building Type of Presentation Month xx, year Public Hearing
The current proposal is: Preservation Department – Item 4, LPC-21-08198 3041 Broadway, Borough of Manhattan
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BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-1 BACKGROUND: SITE PLAN
UNION THEOLOGICAL CAMPUS INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS DESIGNATED 11/15/1967: • JAMES TOWER • JAMES MEMORIAL CHAPEL • BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER JAMES TOWER JAMES MEMORIAL 122ND STREET
CHAPEL
UNIONSEMINARY THEOLOGICAL CAMPUS 121ST STREET
BROWN MEMORIAL
RIVERSIDE PARK TOWER
120TH STREET
CLAREMONT AVE
BROADWAY
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-2 BACKGROUND: AERIALS
YEAR BUILT: 1908-10, TOWER ADDITION 1928 ARCHITECT: ALLEN & COLLENS STYLE: ENGLISH PERPENDICULAR GOTHIC ADDRESS: 3041 BROADWAY TOTAL GROSS AREA: 17,150 SF TOTAL LEVELS: 9
120TH STREET
BROADWAY
120TH STREET
BROADWAY
BROWN TOWER FROM THE SOUTH BROWN TOWER FROM THE NORTH EAST
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-3 CAMPUS ENTRIES
FIRST FLOOR GROUND FLOOR 120TH ST
ORIGINAL CARRIAGEWAY ENTRY RENOVATED ENTRY LOBBY 2020 AT 121ST ST C.1937
PROPOSED MAIN BROADWAY CURRENT ACCESSIBLE ENTRY TO ACCESSIBLE ENTRY TO CAMPUS CAMPUS AT 121ST ST
BBB CAMPUS RENEWAL PLAN DIAGRAM C. 2018
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-4 CAMPUS HISTORY
120TH AND BROADWAY, CIRCA 1910. COURTESY BURKE LIBRARY ARCHIVES.
BROMLEY FIRE INSURANCE MAP, 1914
INTERIOR OF COURTYARD LOOKING SOUTHEAST, CIRCA 1922. COURTESY AVERY LIBRARY.
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-5 LANDMARKS DESIGNATION REPORT
“Rising high above the lower buildings adjacent to them, in the quadrangle of the Union Theological Seminary, the Brown Memorial Tower in the southeast corner and the James Tower set in the middle of the Claremont Avenue side are among the finest examples of theEnglish Perpendicular Gothic style of architecture in New York. There is a sophisticated restraint revealed in their design coupled with a delicate precision in the execution of the details that seems to impart a special quality to the masonry. These striking towers are expressions in masonry of the intent of the designer and manifest the art and skill of the master stone carvers who produced them.
At the base of these square towers, buttresses project boldly from the corners, stepping inward as they rise to the top and terminating in pinnacles with delicate finials. Parapets at the roof line are panelled and ornately decorated. In the upper half of the Brown Memorial Tower, the unusually tall windows with their thin mullions and fine shafts of stone end as handsome, intricate tracery. The windows in the James Tower, though shorter, have much the same quality.
The Brown Memorial Tower doorway is impressive and imposing in size. A broad flight of steps leads up to the transomed double doors recessed within the wide reveal of an enriched archway. These doors open into a projected vestibule, embellished with decorated tympani, columns, niches, moldings and ornamented panels. Set back above the vestibule, an enormous arch rises above the first floor. Within its deep reveal, two tiers of windows light the high lobby under the Tower. The arch with its traceried windows is repeated in the south elevation facing l20th Street.”
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-6 INTENDED VERSUS CONSTRUCTED DESIGN: 1908 & 1928
RENDERING IN AMERICAN ARCHITECT, JANUARY 20, 1909. 120TH AND BROADWAY, CIRCA 1910. COURTESY BURKE BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER, 1929. COURTESY NYPL. LIBRARY ARCHIVES.
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-7 ORIGINAL BUILDING BASE
Projecting buttresses
Pointed arched doorway
Transomed double Limestone doors
Projected vestibule with decorated tympanum, columns, niches, moldings, and ornamented panels
Flight of steps Granite Millford Pink Millford
BASE OF TOWER IN AMERICAN ARCHITECT, JANUARY 20, 1909.
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-8 CHANGES OVER TIME
1908: C. 1930 CORNERSTONE WROUGHT IRON LAID FENCE INSTALLED ALONG 120TH AND BROADWAY
1910: 1928: TOWER C. 1960S(?): WROUGHT C. 1989: CONSTRUCTION EXPANSION IRON HANDRAIL AT ORIGINAL COMPLETE STAIRS AND NON- DOORS ORIGINAL LIGHT REPLACED FIXTURE INSTALLED
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-9 EXISTING CONDITIONS
Non-original light fixture
Non-original doors
Limestone facade
Milford pink granite base and stairs
Painted wrought iron handrails FRONTAL VIEW OF INACCESSIBLE BROADWAY ENTRY
Original signage
Non-original signage
Non-original wrought iron fence
Original granite curb
STREETSCAPE AT CORNER OF BROADWAY AND 120th STREET VIEW OF BROADWAY ENTRY TOWARD SOUTHWEST
BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-10 2' 1' 0.5' 0
DIMENSIONS. Brown Tower Entry 3041 Broadway New York, NY 10027
120 Broadway, 20th Floor New York, NY, 10271 212 777 7800
Owner's Representative Lehrer, LLC
Structural Engineer Silman
Electrical/FP/IT/Security Engineer Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc
EXISTING PLAN AND EAST ELEVATION Lighting SBLD Studio NOTE IF SHEET THIS NOT IS 24"W THEN 36"L x NOT IT IS THE INTENDEDIN SIZE. FIGURED TO WORK CASES, ALL 2'
Property Line
1' KEY PLAN Claremont Shallow vestibule 0.5' Stone landing 0 +0’-0” 120th Street 122nd Street
Broadway
STAMP Brown Tower Entry 3041 Broadway New York, NY 10027
Non-original painted -0’-7” wrought iron fence Stone Stairs
Stone cheek walls 120 Broadway, 20th Floor New York, NY, 10271 Planting bed 212 777 7800 Curb
Owner's Representative -4’-2” Lehrer, LLC
NO DATE DESCRIPTION
REVISIONSStructural Engineer Silman Area of removals SUBMITTAL DD PRICING SET Electrical/FP/IT/SecurityPROGRESS Engineer PRINT / INTERIM REVIEW ONLY Loring ConsultingNOT FOR Engineers, CONSTRUCTION, Inc REGULATORY Area of salvage for APPROVAL, OR PERMITTING reinstallation DRAWING TITLE CONSTRUCTION LEGEND Lighting GENERAL CONSTRUCTION NOTES SBLD Studio NOTE 24"W IS NOT SHEET IF THIS x IT IS THEN 36"L NOT THE INTENDED SIZE. ALL IN WORK CASES, DIMENSIONS. TO FIGURED 1 Brown Tower Ground Floor Plan 1 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED BY THE DESIGN INTENT 3 VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS ANDLPC100 EXISTING1/4" CONDITIONS = 1'-0" AT JOB 6 WHERE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING FIXTURES OR OTHER RESTORATION WORK: NEW DOOR & FRAME MILLWORK, PROVIDE BLOCKING DOCUMENTS, ALL ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION ARE TO BE SITE AND ADVISE THE DESIGNER OF ANY DISCREPANCIES, RELATED EQUIPMENT OCCUR IN MILLWORK, PROVIDE PLASTER WALL: EXG PLASTER WALL TO BE SKIM COAT AND PAINTED. AS REQ'D FOR INSTALLATION PARTIAL GROUND FLOOR PLAN
BIMUTS 360://2687.09 IIB_ARCH_v2021.rvt 2/2687_UTS_Phase Phase FURNISHED AND INSTALLED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND/OR HIS ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND/OR ALTERATIONS IN ANY OR ALL CUT-OUTS, ROUGH-INS AND STUB-INS FOR THESE ITEMS AND WHERE REPAIRS NEEDED, FILL, PATCH, AND SAND SMOOTH. SUBCONTRACTORS. THE TERMS "FURNISH", "INSTALL", CONDTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY PHASE OF THE COORDINATE THE WORK TO ASSURE PROPER LOCATION AND NEW PARTITION "PROVIDE" AND ANY DERIVATIONS THEREOF USED IN THESE WORK. INSTALLATION. STONE AND TERRAZZO (FLOORING, WALL AND BASE): ALLOW FOR CONCRETE SLAB OR WOOD DOCUMENTS ARE DIRECTING THE CONTRACTOR TO BOTH 4 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, ALL DIMENSIONS ARE FROM 7 PROVIDE FIRESTOPPING/SAFING MATERIALS AS REQUIRED TO GENERAL CLEANING. WHERE REPAIRS NEEDED, MATCH COLOR AND EXISTING FRAME TO REMAIN FLOOR AND FRAMING INFILL, SEE SCALE As indicated FURNISH AND INSTALL ANY GIVEN ITEM AND ITS INCIDENTAL FINISH FACE TO FINISH FACE. MAINTAIN THE FIRE-RATING OF FLOOR, WALL AND CEILING AGGREGATE SIZE. STRUCTURAL DWGS DATE 03/18/21 MATERIALS UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. 5 FURNISH AND INSTALL FIRE RETARDANT TREATED WOOD ASSEMBLIES WHETHER SPECIFICALLY NOTED IN PLAN OR NOT. WOOD DOORS, PANELING AND TRIMS: STRIP AND REFINISH ALL EXG 2 DUE TO THE SMALL SCALE OF THE DRAWINGS AND THE BLOCKING AS REQUIRED AT ALL LOCATIONS FOR THE PROPER THIS APPLIES TO EXISTING AS WELL AS NEW PENETRATIONS. EXISTING PARTITION TO PROJECT NUMBER 2687.05 ORIGINAL WOOD. WHERE REPAIRS NEEDED, FILL OR REPLACE MISSING INSTABILITY OF THE REPRODUCTION PROCESS, DO NOT SCALE AND SECURE INSTALLATION OF ALL WALL MOUNTED 8 ALL TAGGED KEYNOTES ARE TYPICAL, UNLESS OTHERWISE REMAIN OR DAMAGED AREAS. DRAWING NUMBER THESE DRAWINGS. FIELD VERIFY ANY DIMENSIONS DEEMED, EQUIPMENT OR MILLWORK WHETHER SPECIFICALLY NOTED IN NOTED. OR NOTED AS BEING, IN CONFLICT. AREA NOT IN CONTRACT KEY PLAN 4/13/2021 7:33:21 PM 7:33:21 4/13/2021 THE DRAWINGS OR NOT. 9 ALL FURNITURE SHOWN ON FLOOR PLANS EXISTS FOR Claremont REPRESENTATION PURPOSE ONLY, NOT IN CONTRACT; UNLESS BUILDING PROPERTY LINE OTHERWISE NOTED. BROWN MEMORIAL TOWER LPC PUBLIC HEARING of LPC100 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 JUNE 2021 LPC-11 3 LPC - Exterior South Elevation LPC301 1/4" = 1'-0" 1 LPC - Exterior East Elevation 120th Street Street122nd LPC301 1/4" = 1'-0" Broadway
STAMP
EXISTING CURB AND PLANTING BED NO DATE DESCRIPTION REVISIONS 5 LPC - EK SUBMITTAL DD PRICING SET LPC301 1/4" = 1'-0" PROGRESS PRINT / INTERIM REVIEW ONLY NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION, REGULATORY APPROVAL, OR PERMITTING 4 LPC - Exterior South Elevation (at Ramp) 2 LPC - Exterior East Elevation (at Ramp) DRAWING TITLE LPC301 1/4" = 1'-0" LPC301 1/4" = 1'-0" GENERAL CONSTRUCTION NOTES CONSTRUCTION LEGEND RESTORATION WORK: PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, 1 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED BY THE DESIGN INTENT 3 VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS AND EXISTING CONDITIONS AT JOB 6 WHERE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING FIXTURES OR OTHER PLASTER WALL: EXG PLASTER WALL TO BE SKIM COAT AND PAINTED. DOCUMENTS, ALL ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION ARE TO BE SITE AND ADVISE THE DESIGNER OF ANY DISCREPANCIES, RELATED EQUIPMENT OCCUR IN MILLWORK, PROVIDE WHERE REPAIRS NEEDED, FILL, PATCH, AND SAND SMOOTH. BIM 360://2687.09 UTSBIM 360://2687.09 IIB_ARCH_v2021.rvt 2/2687_UTS_Phase Phase NEW DOOR & FRAME MILLWORK, PROVIDE BLOCKING SOUTH AND EAST FURNISHED AND INSTALLED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND/OR HIS ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND/OR ALTERATIONS IN ANY OR ALL CUT-OUTS, ROUGH-INS AND STUB-INS FOR THESE ITEMS AND AS REQ'D FOR INSTALLATION SUBCONTRACTORS. THE TERMS "FURNISH", "INSTALL", CONDTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY PHASE OF THE COORDINATE THE WORK TO ASSURE PROPER LOCATION AND STONE AND TERRAZZO (FLOORING, WALL AND BASE): ALLOW FOR "PROVIDE" AND ANY DERIVATIONS THEREOF USED IN THESE WORK. INSTALLATION. GENERAL CLEANING. WHERE REPAIRS NEEDED, MATCH COLOR AND NEW PARTITION CONCRETE SLAB OR WOOD SCALE As indicated DOCUMENTS ARE DIRECTING THE CONTRACTOR TO BOTH 4 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, ALL DIMENSIONS ARE FROM 7 PROVIDE FIRESTOPPING/SAFING MATERIALS AS REQUIRED TO AGGREGATE SIZE. FLOOR AND FRAMING INFILL, SEE FURNISH AND INSTALL ANY GIVEN ITEM AND ITS INCIDENTAL FINISH FACE TO FINISH FACE. MAINTAIN THE FIRE-RATING OF FLOOR, WALL AND CEILING EXISTING FRAME TO REMAIN DATE 03/19/21 MATERIALS UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. ASSEMBLIES WHETHER SPECIFICALLY NOTED IN PLAN OR NOT. WOOD DOORS, PANELING AND TRIMS: STRIP AND REFINISH ALL EXG STRUCTURAL DWGS 5 FURNISH AND INSTALL FIRE RETARDANT TREATED WOOD PROJECT NUMBER 2687.05 2 DUE TO THE SMALL SCALE OF THE DRAWINGS AND THE BLOCKING AS REQUIRED AT ALL LOCATIONS FOR THE PROPER THIS APPLIES TO EXISTING AS WELL AS NEW PENETRATIONS. ORIGINAL WOOD. WHERE REPAIRS NEEDED, FILL OR REPLACE MISSING EXISTING PARTITION TO INSTABILITY OF THE REPRODUCTION PROCESS, DO NOT SCALE AND SECURE INSTALLATION OF ALL WALL MOUNTED 8 ALL TAGGED KEYNOTES ARE TYPICAL, UNLESS OTHERWISE OR DAMAGED AREAS. DRAWING NUMBER REMAIN THESE DRAWINGS. FIELD VERIFY ANY DIMENSIONS DEEMED, EQUIPMENT OR MILLWORK WHETHER SPECIFICALLY NOTED IN NOTED. 4/8/2021 2:50:42 PM 2:50:42 4/8/2021 OR NOTED AS BEING, IN CONFLICT. THE DRAWINGS OR NOT. 9 ALL FURNITURE SHOWN ON FLOOR PLANS EXISTS FOR AREA NOT IN CONTRACT REPRESENTATION PURPOSE ONLY, NOT IN CONTRACT; UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. BUILDING PROPERTY LINE of LPC301