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Monday, July 11, 2005 10:20 A.M. Consent Agenda 22188 ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING Monday, July 11, 2005 10:20 a.m. Consent Agenda 22188: Construction of three electrical substations, Bowery Bay Pollution Control Plant, Phase III, 45-41 Berrian Boulevard, Astoria, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 22, CB 401) DEP 22189: Construction of interim streetscape improvements, Sutphin Boulevard, between Jamaica Avenue and 95th Avenue, Queens. (Final) (CC 28, CB 12) EDC 22190: Installation of streetscape improvements, Myrtle Avenue between Wyckoff Avenue and Fresh Pond Road, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 30, 34, CB 5) EDC 22191: Installation of a distinctive sidewalk, 750 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 5, CB 8) DOT 22192: Installation of an artwork by Samm Kunce, DOT Sunrise Yard maintenance and repair building, 88-20 Pitkin Avenue, Ozone Park, Queens. (Conceptual) (CC 32, CB 10) DDC/DCA% 22193: Painting of Union Street bridge over the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 38, 39, CB 6) DOT 22194: Painting of West 181st Street pedestrian bridge over Henry Hudson Parkway, northbound, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 7, CB 12) DOT 22195: Painting of Bronx River Parkway bridge over Boston Road, Bronx Zoo, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 13,15, CB 27) DOT 22196: Painting of Crotona Avenue bridge over Bronx Pelham Parkway, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 11,15, CB 6) DOT 22197: Painting of Southern Boulevard bridge over Bronx Pelham Parkway, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 11,17, CB 27) DOT 22198: Painting of Inwood Hill Park pedestrian bridge over the Harlem River Inlet, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 7, CB 12) DOT Public Meeting/ Monday, July 11, 2005/ Page 2 22199: Painting of Third Avenue pedestrian bridge, over East 128th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 8, CB 11) DOT Public Meeting 10:25 a.m. 22201: Rehabilitation of the Astoria District Health Center, 12-36 31st Avenue, Astoria, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 22, CB 1) DDC 10:40 a.m. 22202: Construction of a temporary structure, Powers-Public Assistance Transitional Housing, Phase II, 346 Powers Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 17, CB 1) DHS 22203: Construction of a recreation center, Marine Park, 3221 Avenue U, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 46, CB 18) DPR 11:00 a.m. 22204: Construction of a comfort station, Von Dohlen Park, bounded by Archer Avenue, 138th Place, 91st Avenue and 138th Street, Jamaica, Queens. (Final) DPR 11:15 a.m. 22205: Construction of four parks, east end of West 202nd Street, West 203rd Street, West 204th Street and West 206th Street, between Ninth Avenue and the Harlem River, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 10, CB 12) DPR 11:30 a.m. 22206: Reconstruction of Vincent Ciccarone Playground, Phases I and II, south of East 188th Street, between Arthur Avenue and Hughes Avenue, Bronx (Preliminary and Final) (CC 15, CB 6) DPR 11:50 a.m. 22207: Construction of a roller hockey rink, volleyball and kickball courts, and a playground, Seba Avenue Playground, Marine Park, Gerritsen Avenue and Seba Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 46, CB 18) DPR 12:50 p.m. 22208: Construction of the landscaping of an indoor pool and skating rink, northeast corner of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, south of the Van Wyck Expressway, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 20, 21, 24, 29, CB 3, 4, 6, 7, 8) DPR/EDC Public Meeting/ Monday, July 11, 2005/ Page 3 1:15 p.m. 22209: Construction of a snack bar building, Pelham Bay Park, Shore Road and the Hutchinson River Parkway, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 13, CB 11) DPR 1:35 p.m. 22210: Construction of an addition and restoration of the existing Dyker Beach Golf Course clubhouse, Dyker Beach Park, Seventh Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, 86th Street and 14th Avenue, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 50, CB 10) DPR 1:55 p.m. 22211: Enclosure of a porch and construction of an addition to the Clearview Golf Course clubhouse, Clearview Golf Course, 202nd Street and the Clearview Expressway, Queens. (Final) (CC 19, CB 7) DPR 2:15 p.m. 22212: Reconstruction of Route 9A and Battery Place, Battery Park Underpass and West Street Underpass, Route 9A, West Thames to Battery Place and Battery Place to Washington Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 1, CB 1) DOT 2:45 p.m. 22213: Reconstruction of Shore Road Circle Bridge (Orchard Beach Road) over Amtrak, Shore Road Exit 5 Hutchinson River Parkway, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 13, CB 10) DOT 3:05 p.m. Conservation, removal and relocation of five historic WPA-era murals at Harlem Hospital Center, Lenox Avenue and 136th Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 9, CB 10) HHC 22178: Conservation, removal and relocation of Modern Medicine (1940) by Charles Alston, Women’s Pavilion, Harlem Hospital Center, Lenox Avenue and 136th Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 9, CB 10) HHC 22179: Conservation, removal and relocation of Magic and Medicine (1940) by Charles Alston, Women’s Pavilion, Harlem Hospital Center, Lenox Avenue and 136th Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 9, CB 10) HHC 22180: Conservation, removal and relocation of Modern Surgery and Anesthesia (1936) by Alfred Crimi, Women’s Pavilion, Harlem Hospital Center, Lenox Avenue and 136th Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 9, CB 10) HHC Public Meeting/ Monday, July 11, 2005/ Page 4 22181: Conservation, removal and relocation of Pursuit of Happiness (1936) by Vertis Hayes, Old Nurses’ Residence, Harlem Hospital Center, Lenox Avenue and 136th Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 9, CB 10) HHC 22182: Conservation, removal and relocation of Recreation in Harlem (1937) by Georgette Seabrooke, Old Nurses’ Residence, Harlem Hospital Center, Lenox Avenue and 136th Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 9, CB 10) HHC 3:30 p.m. 22176: Conservation of Education-Aspiration, a sculpture by Gwen Lux, George W. Wingate High School, 600 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn. (Amended Preliminary) (CC 40, CB 9) DOE 3:45 p.m. 22214: Installation of a distinctive sidewalk, 219 East 67th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 4, CB 8) DOB 4:05 p.m. 22215: Installation of a distinctive sidewalk, 505 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 10, CB 105) DOB 4:20 p.m. 22216: Legalization of fence and stairs, 893 Pacific Street and 895 Pacific Street, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 35, CB 8) DOT 4:35 p.m. 22217: Installation of security bollards, One, Two and Three United Nations Plaza, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 4, CB 6) DOT 4:50 p.m. 22218: Installation of security bollards, Grand Central Terminal, 87 East 42nd Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 4, CB 5) DOT/MTA Any person requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in the hearing should call or write the Commission no later than three business days prior to the meeting. Art Commission, City Hall, Third Floor New York, New York 10007 Tel: 212-788-3071, Fax: 212-788-3086 .
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