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ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING Monday, January 13, 2003 8:30 A.M. Business Meeting 9:30 A.M. Consent Agenda: 21356: Installation ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING Monday, January 13, 2003 8:30 a.m. Business Meeting 9:30 a.m. Consent Agenda: Installation of distinctive sidewalk, planters, and benches, Harriet Tubman Gardens, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, from 21356: 120th Street to 121st Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 9, CB 10) HPD Submissions: 9:40 a.m. Construction of the Randall's Island Track and Field Sports Facility, Randall's Island, Manhattan. (Final)(CC 22, CB 11) 2135: EDC/DPR 10:10 a.m. Construction of East River Ferry Landings, East 34th Street, East 62nd Street, East 75th Street, and East 90th Street, 2135: Manhattan. (Final) (CC 4, 5; CB 6, 8) EDC 10:30 a.m. Renovation of the Prison Health Warehouse, 18-39 42nd Street, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 22, CB 1) DDC 2135: 10:40 a.m. Plant Upgrade for the Wards Island Water Pollution Control Plant, 600 East 125th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 11, 2136: CB 8) DEP 11:10 a.m. Renovation of Jamaica District Health Center, Phase 2, 90-37 Parsons Boulevard, Queens. (Final) (CC 28, CB 12) DDC 2136: 11:30 a.m. Construction of a new asphalt plant and site work, Harper Street Yard, 32-11 Harper Street, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 2136: 21, CB 7) DDC 11:50 a.m. Modifications to the Manhattanville Health Center, Phase 2, 21 Old Broadway, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 7, CB 9) DDC 2133 Construction of a pedestrian bridge over 48th Street between 12:40 p.m. Fort Hamilton Parkway and Tenth Avenue, Maimonides Medical Center, 1001-1017 49th Street and Tenth Avenue, 2136: Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 39, CB 12) DOT 1:00 p.m. Construction of the Belt Parkway Bridge over Ocean Parkway, between West Avenue and Avenue Z, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) 2136: (CC 47, CB 12) DOT 1:20 p.m. Installation of planters, The State Insurance Fund, 199 Church Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DOT 2136: 1:45 p.m. Installation of distinctive lighting, Bedford Downing Block Association, on Bedford Street and Downing Street, Greenwich 2136: Village, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 2) DOT Installation of decorative lighting, Irving Place between East 2:00 p.m. 19th Street and East 17th Street, on East 18th Street from Third Avenue to Park Avenue South, on East 17th Street from Third 2134: Avenue to Park Avenue South, Gramercy Park area, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 2, CB 5, 6) DOT 2:15 p.m. Construction of a fenced-in area, 313 East 81st Street, between First Avenue and Second Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary and 2136: Final) (CC 5, CB 8) DOT Modification of safety barriers on Centre Street, part of the 2:30 p.m. rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade, Centre Street vehicular entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan. (Final) 2136: (CC 1, CB 1) DOT/DPR 2:50 p.m. Construction of a pocket park, Canal Street, Varick Street, and Laight Street, Tribeca, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 1, CB 1) 2136: DPR/DOT 3:10 p.m. Reconstruction of Riverside Drive pedestrian areas and construction of a dog run, Riverside Park, West 143rd Street to 2137: West 148th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 7, CB 7) DPR Reconstruction of a portion of Pomonok Playground (also 3:30 p.m. known as Public School 201 Playground), east of Kissena Boulevard and south of 65th Avenue, Queens. (Preliminary and 2137: Final) (CC 24, CB 8) DPR 3:50 p.m. Construction of a playground, Marine Park, corner of Brigham Street and Emmons Avenue, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. 2137 (Preliminary) (CC 48, CB 15) DPR THE ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2003 WILL BE HELD IN CITY HALL PLEASE NOTE, ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE -- PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM SCHEDULE ANY PERSON REQUIRING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING SHOULD CALL OR WRITE THE ART COMMISSION NO LATER THAN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ART COMMISSION CITY HALL, THIRD FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10007 212-788-3071 212-788-3086 (FAX) .
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