LANDMARKS media office use, as well as provide New design for Seaport’s Pier 17 . .133 CITY COUNCIL financial and practical benefits to Seaport Residential the High Line. Rezoning/Text Amendment Building OK’d ...... 134 The proposed expansion plan New East Village/LES HD ...... 135 Chelsea, Manhattan includes a 240,000-square-foot of- Revised Cobble Hill Planning Approves Modified fice space enlargement for 85 Tenth rowhouse plan ...... 136 Avenue and a 90,000-square-foot NoHo project commended . . . . . 137 Chelsea Market Expansion Plan, Sends Back to Council enlargement at 75 Ninth Avenue Harlem rowhouse for hotel use. The plan also extends addition rejected ...... 138 for Full Vote the Special West Chelsea District to Affordable housing contribution include the entire Chelsea Market COURT DECISIONS would be used by nearby Fulton block. The Special West Chelsea Dis- Houses if floor area bonus utilized . trict was created in 2005. 2 CityLand Mott Haven campus environmental review ordered ...... 139 On October 25, 2012, the City Coun- 83 (July 15, 2005). The inclusion BSA rooftop grant upheld . . . .140 cil’s Land Use Committee approved would facilitate the proposed expan- Jamestown Properties’ modified sion by retaining the block’s M1-5 expansion plan for Chelsea Mar- zoning designation, and by allowing CHARTS ket at 75 Ninth Avenue in Manhat- an increase in the maximum floor DCP Pipeline ...... C-1 tan. The Market is a complex of 18 area ratio on the site from 5.0 to 7.5 ULURP Pipeline ...... C-1 different buildings occupying the FAR upon Jamestown making a fi- BSA Pipeline ...... C-2 entire block bounded by West 14th nancial contribution to the High Line Landmarks Pipeline ...... C-2 and West 15th Streets and Ninth Improvement Fund. Jamestown also CityAdmin o. rg New Decisions . . C-4 and Tenth Avenues. A section of promised to provide the High Line the High Line Park cuts through the with amenities such as public rest- Market along Tenth Avenue. The ex- rooms and a freight elevator. pansion would facilitate the growth Both Manhattan Borough of Chelsea Market’s creative and President Scott (cont’d on page 129)

www.CityLandNYC.org 127 COM M E NTARY Con Edison Meets Hurricane Sandy’s Challenge Every four hours around the clock, beginning Tuesday, October 30, 2012, workers from every part of Consoli- dated Edison’s territory reported to senior management on the status, needs and plans to restore service to Con Edison customers. The reports came in to Con Edison’s Emergency Response Center set up in the nineteenth floor auditorium at Con Edison’s headquarters at 4 Irving Place. The first reports were sketchy assessments: what was happening and where. As the storm receded, the terrible numbers started to come in. Midland Beach in Staten Island and Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn were devastated. Storm surge knocked out the East River steam plant, caused an explosion at Manhattan’s 13th Street transmission station, and flooded office towers on Water Street. Trees and downed wires all over Westchester County, blocking roads and preventing crews from getting through. Brighten Beach was flooded. Con Edison’s Manhattan workout locations were under water, but Con Edison’s vehicles were safe; Con Edison had removed them to the high ground of Union Square 24 hours before the storm hit. There was steady, intense professionalism in the Emergency Response Center as the reports kept arriving. A Con Edison worker returning home from a twelve hour shift was robbed at gun point. A mutual aid crew working on a 13,000 volt overhead line failed to follow safety rules; they were sent home to North Carolina. Site safety became a concern, so Con Edison sent trained office workers to downed wire sites in the field. A gasoline shortage threatened to prevent workers from getting to work sites; tankers of gasoline were ordered. A work camp sleeping mutual aid crews was set up at Citi Field in Queens. A hush came over the Response Center when a dog was reported to have been electrocuted by a downed wire. Eleven days after the storm the video display in the Response Center charted a constant increase in restorations of power. Con Edison crews had restored electricity to 1,012,316 of the 1,054,972 customers blacked out by Sandy and the following Northeaster. The extraordinary professionalism, preparation and dedication shown by Con Edison’s executives and by the 14,000 workers in the field were reflected in the successful restoration work. Later there will be investigations and reviews of performance as there should be. In the meantime, as this is written, the hard, house by house restoration work continues in the field. Ross Sandler CITYLAND Ross Sandler Brian J. Kaszuba ’04 Jesse Denno Professor of Law and Director, CityLand Editor Staff Writer, Production Asst . The Center expresses appreciation to the Center for New York City Law Randy Kleinman ’12 Sarah Knowles Peter Schikler ’08 Amber Gonzalez ’12 Administrative Coordinator individuals and foundations supporting the Associate Director Fellows Center and its work: The Steven and Sheila Aresty Managing Editor Lebasi Lashley Foundation, Fund for the City of New York, CityLand Editor Art Director Petting Zoo Design The Durst Foundation, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Murray Goodgold Foundation, CITYLAND ADVISORY BOARD Jerry Gottesman, The Marc Haas Foundation and Kent Barwick Howard Goldman Frank Munger The Prospect Hill Foundation. Andrew Berman Jerry Gottesman Carol E. Rosenthal Molly Brennan David Karnovsky Michael T. Sillerman (ISSN 1551-711X) is published by the Albert K. Butzel Ross Moskowitz ’84 Paul D. Selver CITYLAND Center for New York City Law at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, New York City, New CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL York 10013, tel. (212) 431-2115, fax (212) 941-4735, Stanley S. Shuman, Michael D. Hess Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 e-mail: [email protected], website: www.citylaw. Chair Lawrence S. Huntington ’64 Rose Luttan Rubin org © Center for New York City Law, 2012. All Arthur N. Abbey ’59 William F. Kuntz II Frederick P. Schaffer rights reserved. Printed on recycled paper. Maps Sheila Aresty ’94 presented in CITYLAND are from Map-PLUTO Eric Lane Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. Harold Baer, Jr. copyrighted by the New York City Department of Randy M. Mastro O. Peter Sherwood David R. Baker City Planning. City Landmarks and Historic Dis- Robert J. McGuire Michael A. Cardozo Edward Wallace tricts printed with permission of New York City Francis McArdle Anthony Coles Richard M. Weinberg Landmarks Preservation Commission. Paul A. Crotty John D. McMahon ’76 Peter L. Zimroth Richard J. Davis Thomas L. McMahon ’83 James D. Zirin POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Michael B. Gerrard Gary P. Naftalis CITYLAND, 185 West Broadway, New York, New Judah Gribetz Steven M. Polan York 10013-2921. Periodicals postage paid at New York, New York. Kathleen Grimm ’80 Gail S. Port ’76 Eric Hatzimemos ’92 Joseph B. Rose

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 128 M. Stringer and Manhattan Com- sq.ft. of bonus floor area. The total members of the community who munity Board 4 disapproved of the contribution to the affordable hous- felt the expansion was out of char- planned expansion, especially ob- ing fund would be approximately acter for the Chelsea Market and jecting to the additional heights. $4.7 million for about 30% of the would lead to traffic congestion. They also both requested that available floor area bonus. The re- Council Members James Sanders, Jr. Jamestown be required to provide maining floor area bonus contribu- and Rosie Mendez abstained from funding to the West Chelsea Af- tions would be made to the High the vote. fordable Housing Fund. Addition- Line fund. The overall total contri- City Planning heard the modifi- ally, the Community Board wanted bution associated with the entire cations during its review session on hotel uses to be prohibited on site, project would be approximately November 5, 2012 and determined and the Borough President want- $17.5 million. that the modifications were within ed to eliminate the Tenth Avenue The City Council’s Zoning & the scope of the original action. The addition entirely. Franchises Subcommittee held a full Council is expected to vote on At the City Planning Commis- hearing on October 23, 2012. Com- the rezoning at its stated meeting on sion’s July 25, 2012 hearing, the munity Board 4 District Manager, November 14, 2012. Community Board and the Borough Robert J. Benfatto, testified that CPC: Chelsea Market (N 120142 ZRM President testified they would still Jamestown had made a number of – text amendment); (C 120143 ZMM – oppose the proposal unless afford- agreements with the Community rezoning) (October 25, 2012) (Architect: able housing funding was required Board since the process began, but Studios Architecture). and the height modifications were that there were still many issues met. Other community opponents, concerning the application of the such as the Greenwich Village Soci- affordable housing contribution. CITY COUNCIL ety for Historic Preservation and the Local Assembly Member Deborah group Save Chelsea, opposed the Glick opposed the expansion based Rezoning/Special Permits proposal outright, citing concerns on the Market’s historic character, Lower East Side, Manhattan about increased traffic and the ex- the size of the expansion, and the City Council Tweaks pansion’s impact on Chelsea Mar- reliability of Jamestown’s commit- Six-Acre Seward Park Rede- ket’s aesthetic character. The Real ment to contribute to the afford- velopment Plan Proposed for Estate Board of New York, the Ser- able housing fund. She stated that Area Along Delancey Street vice Employees International Union “every developer says they’re going 32BJ, some Chelsea Market vendors, to put money into it and it never The City agreed to increase number and Friends of the High Line all tes- actually happens.” of housing units from 900 to 1,000 tified in support of the proposal. The Subcommittee recon- and set aside space for on-site public (See CityLand’s past coverage here.) vened on October 25, 2012. Council school. On October 11, 2012 the City On September 5, 2012, City Member Mark Weprin announced Council modified and approved Planning unanimously approved modifications to the proposal, in- the City’s Seward Park Mixed-Use the proposal, with a number of cluding a restrictive declaration Development Project. The 1.65 modifications based upon the com- intended to preserve the existing million-square-foot project will im- munity’s concerns. The proposal character of the Chelsea Market pact nine City-owned lots on the was modified to prohibit hotel uses building’s facade, in-kind replace- north and south sides of Delancey for any floor area bonus used, re- ment of materials and design con- Street between Ludlow and Clin- duce the height of the Ninth Avenue trols. Additionally, the new addi- ton Streets in Manhattan’s Lower building from 160 to 135 feet, and tions will not display advertising East Side. The City envisions the set a maximum mid-block height of signs. Finally, the floor area bonus development of six new mixed-use 130 feet for future expansion. Citing contribution to the affordable hous- buildings, 500 underground public concerns over the Tenth Avenue ad- ing fund will be directly earmarked parking spaces, and the potential dition’s potential to reduce light and for the nearby Robert Fulton Houses relocation of the Essex Street Market air over the High Line, City Planning to create local affordable housing to a large space on the south side of required setback depths at various opportunities. The Subcommittee Delancey. As initially proposed, the levels up to the maximum build- unanimously approved the propos- project would create 900 residential ing height of 230 feet. Additionally, al with the modifications. units, 450 of which would be afford- City Planning modified the proposal The Land Use committee voted able for low-, moderate-, and mid- to require that Jamestown make a in favor of the modified proposal dle-income tenants. The Economic contribution to the affordable hous- also on October 25, 2012, by a vote Development Corporation, which ing fund for every new square foot of 17-1-2. Council Member Charles is the authorized representative awarded up until the first 80,000 Barron voted “No” out of respect for for the multi-agency effort, has not

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 129 identified a developer, but plans to issue a formal request for proposals in January 2013. A portion of the project site was part of the 1965 Seward Park Extension Urban Renewal Area (SPEURA) plan, which sought to replace overcrowded and unsafe tenements with low-income housing developments. SPEURA expired in 2005, and although the City redeveloped portions of SPEURA, the majority of the lots remained vacant and have been used as parking for 30 years. In 2008, the City and the Lower East Side community began work on the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Project. At the City Planning Commis- EDC’s vision for the Seward Park redevelopment area in the Lower East Side. Credit: EDC . sion’s public hearing in July 2012, both those in support of, and those opposed to, the proposal recommended changes to the plan’s affordable housing component. Representatives from Manhattan Community Board 3, which broadly supported the proposal, asked the City to make the subsidized housing permanently affordable. Other community groups, opposed to the plan, argued that 100 percent of the project’s housing should be permanently affordable. These groups also requested that the City set aside space for community facility uses, such as a public school and a health clinic. The Planning Commission in August 2012 approved the proposal without modifications. (See City- Land’s past coverage here.) At the Council’s Planning, Dispositions & Concessions Sub- committee hearing on September 19, 2012, local community groups reiterated their concerns about the proposal. Local Council Member Margaret Chin echoed the community’s concerns about the amount of affordable housing, and urged the City to dedicate space for an on- site public school. Council Member Chin expressed concerns about the project’s impact on small business opportunities and how relocating the Essex Street Market would af- Seward Park site map. Credit: EDC . fect existing tenants. Alyssa Konon,

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 130 an executive vice president at EDC, The Subcommittee unani- impact 90 blocks generally bounded testified that the proposal would mously approved the proposal, and by West 155th Street to the north, require at least two storefronts per the Land Use Committee and full West 126th Street to the south, Brad- block along Delancey Street and at Council followed suit. hurst Avenue to the east, and River- least three along Broome Street to side Drive to the west. The rezoning Council: Seward Park (C 120226 ZMM encourage small businesses. Ko- would generally replace the area’s – rezoning); (C 120156 MMM – City non pointed out that the City had map change); (N 120227 ZRM – text majority R8 and R7-2 zoning with been surveying current Essex Street amendment); (C 120228 ZSM – spe- a contextual mix of R6A, R7A, R8, Market vendors about their reloca- cial permit); (C 120229 ZSM – special and R8A districts. The plan would tion costs and needs so that the City permit); (N 120230 ZAM – authoriza- also make portions of West Harlem would be prepared should they relo- tion); (C 120231 ZSM – special per- eligible for the City’s Inclusionary cate and expand the Market. mit); (C 120233 ZSM – special per- Housing Program. Council Member Chin also mit); (C 120234 ZSM – special permit); Manhattan Community Board asked representatives of the City’s (C 120235 ZSM – special permit); (N 9 broadly supported the proposal, 120236 HAM – UDAAP); (C 120237 Department of Housing Preserva- but expressed concern over a pro- PQM – acquisition); (C 120245 PPM – tion and Development about what disposition) (October 11, 2012). posed R8A district on West 145th the City has done to identify and Street between Broadway and Am- contact former tenants displaced sterdam Avenue. The Community more than 40 years ago by the SPEU- CITY COUNCIL Board feared that existing federally RA plan. HPD’s Gabriella Amabile subsidized, rent-regulated housing stated that the City has had success Rezoning/Text Amendment would be redeveloped, and urged locating former tenants and will West Harlem, Manhattan the Planning Commission to modify continue its outreach to give them that portion of the proposal to R7A. an opportunity to apply for units in Modified West Harlem The City Planning Commission on the new developments. The hearing Rezoning Plan on its Way September 5, 2012 approved the to Council Vote was closed without a vote. proposal without accepting the When the Subcommittee re- Council Member Jackson obtains Community Board’s suggestion, convened on September 27, 2012, compromise between City’s proposal leading Commissioner Michelle R. Council Member Chin announced and community concerns . On Octo- De La Uz to vote “No.” (See City- that the City had agreed to modify the ber 25, 2012, the City Council’s Land Land’s past coverage here). proposal. The number of proposed Use Committee approved a modi- At the Council’s October 3, residential units was increased from fied version of the Department of 2012 Zoning & Franchises Subcom- 900 to 1,000, with 500 units perma- City Planning’s West Harlem Rezon- mittee hearing, a representative of nently affordable to low-, middle-, ing proposal. The proposal would the Community Board reiterated its and moderate-income tenants. The City also agreed to set aside 15,000 sq.ft. on a lot between Broome, Clin- ton, Suffolk and Grand Streets for an on-site public school, and made a commitment to develop an affordable housing project elsewhere in Community District 3. According to Chin, the City also made a commitment to continue its efforts to identify the former tenants displaced by the SPEURA plan and provide them housing opportunities in the project. Chin noted that a community task force including herself, Coun- cil Member Rosie Mendez, the surrounding community boards, and other community stakeholders would be formed to provide the City with substantive input throughout the formal process of identifying a developer for the project. Map of West Harlem rezoning area. Credit: Department of City Planning .

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 131 concerns and again asked that a por- to economic development. Coun- to provide an elevator and satisfy tion of West 145th Street be rezoned cil Member James Sanders, Jr. ab- certain fire safety measures, such to R7A in order to protect the exist- stained from the vote in response as fireproofing hallways and doors. ing affordable housing. Laveen Nai- to Council Member Barron’s reac- Lowenberg appealed Buildings’ de- du, Executive Director of the Dance tion. Council Member Jackson re- nial to the Board of Standards & Ap- Theatre of Harlem, testified that the sponded to Council Member Bar- peals seeking to vary the multiple theatre owns a 6,700 square foot lot ron’s statements, stating that the dwelling law’s requirements. on the corner of 152nd Street and St. clergy had “very legitimate con- At BSA, Lowenberg argued that Nicholas Avenue, where it planned cerns” that may be addressed on an complying with the multiple dwell- to develop a community use space. ongoing basis, but that this “zoning ing law would be impractical and He urged the Council to preserve is about preservation” of the West create an unnecessary hardship. the original zoning because the pro- Harlem community. Lowenberg claimed that installing posed downzoning would lead to a City Planning heard the modifi- elevators and fire safety measures loss of “over 20,000 sq.ft. of devel- cations during its review session on like enclosed stairwells would ne- opable property.” Under the origi- November 5, 2012 and determined cessitate significant alterations to nal R7-2 regulations for this area, a that the modifications were within each building and encroach on the community facility development the scope of the original action. The existing apartments. He also submit- can take advantage of a floor area ra- full Council is expected to vote on ted a cost analysis indicating that a tio of 6.50. City Planning’s proposed the rezoning at its stated meeting on complying proposal would increase R6A zoning provides for a lower November 14, 2012. construction costs from $1.5 million community facility FAR of 3.00. to $5 million. Further, Lowenberg Council: West Harlem Rezoning and The Subcommittee recon- Text Amendment (C 120309 ZMM – claimed that the proposal’s alterna- vened on October 23, 2012. Council rezoning); (N 120310 ZRM – text tive fire safety measures, including Member Robert Jackson announced amendment) (October 25, 2012). sprinklers, hard-wired smoke detec- two area-specific modifications in tors, and new fire escapes, would response to the community’s con- provide significant safety improve- cerns, and asked that his colleagues BOARD OF STANDARDS & APPEALS ments in lieu of the multiple dwell- approve the rezoning plan as modi- ing law’s requirements. fied. The first modification changed Appeal The proposal was opposed the City Planning’s proposed R8A East Village, Manhattan by Manhattan Community Board district to an R7D district on West 3, Council Member Rosie Men- 145th Street between Broadway and BSA Approved Addition to dez, New York State Senator Tom Amsterdam Avenue. This modifica- Four East Village Tenements Duane, New York State Assembly tion set a maximum building height Despite Opposition Member Brian Kavanagh, the East and floor area ratio between City Department of Buildings denied de- Village Community Coalition, and Planning’s proposed zoning and veloper permits because plans did the Greenwich Village Society for the Community Board’s requested not comply with multiple dwell- Historic Preservation. The opposi- zoning. R7D districts were created ing law . In March 2011, Terrence tion claimed that the Lowenberg’s as part of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Lowenberg applied for alteration hardship was self-created because South Rezoning. The second modi- permits to build one-story additions he decided to enlarge the buildings. fication changed City Planning’s on four pre-1929 apartment build- The opposition also argued that the proposed R6A zoning to an R7A ings at 329 to 335 East 9th Street in proposal would not comply with district along St. Nicholas Avenue the East Village. Lowenberg planned the zoning resolution because each between 152nd and 153rd Streets, to enlarge 331, 333, and 335 East 9th building would violate the sliver which incorporated the Dance The- Street from five stories to six sto- law (which limits the height of cer- atre of Harlem’s site. The Subcom- ries, reaching a height of 67 feet, tain buildings with widths less than mittee unanimously approved the three inches. 329 East 9th Street 45 feet) and included window dor- modified proposal. is planned to go from four stories mers that were too wide. Further, The Land Use committee voted to five stories, reaching a height of the opposition maintained that the in favor of the modified proposal on 61 feet. The Department of Build- proposal would have a negative October 25, 2012, by a vote of 18-1- ings denied the permits. The plans impact on the neighborhood’s low- 1. Council Member Charles Barron complied with the area’s R8B zon- rise character and encourage other voted “No” on the proposal and ing district regulations, but not with owners to enlarge their buildings. expressed that members of the lo- the multiple dwelling law. The mul- BSA granted the appeal and cal clergy were concerned over the tiple dwelling law requires build- agreed to vary the multiple dwell- proposal’s lack of a commitment ings exceeding 60 feet or six stories ing law’s requirements. BSA found

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 132 and new elements of the project. The complex had initially been designed as a solid mass with a notch carved out on the waterfront facade to re- call that there were once two piers on the site. The notch in the pier will remain, but the complex will now be divided into two structures, which will allow more natural light into the ground floor and break up the interior massing. While the complex’s public rooftop space would no longer be contiguous, connections to each side will remain. Pasquarelli also presented a signage plan which had not been included in the proposal approved in May. The plan was created by the design firm Pentagram, and included displaying accessory signs for individual retail establishments on previously approved three-foot- wide glass blades protruding from the exterior facade. New way-finding signs will be installed on the BSA approved rooftop additions for 329 to 335 East 9th Street in the East Village. Credit: CityLand . complex and along Fulton Street. The six painted-metal signs will that Lowenberg had established a LANDMARKS PRESERVATION sufficient level of hardship and that be ten-feet-tall by three-feet-wide. the proposal’s fire safety measures COMMISSION A three-dimensional metal sign, would promote the law’s public tentatively planned to read “SEA- Certificate of Appropriateness safety purpose. In response to the PORT” in nine-foot high letters, will opposition, BSA pointed out that South Street Seaport, Manhattan be mounted eight feet above the edge of the building’s roofline fac- Lowenberg revised his proposal to Landmarks Approves ing the East River. In addition, a sign conform to the zoning resolution’s Modifications to Seaport’s will be painted on the corrugated dormer specifications. BSA also Pier 17 Redevelopment Plan metal cladding of the Link Build- pointed out that the sliver law did ing, which is attached to the western not apply because all four build- Modified plan would split redeveloped Pier 17 into two components, side of the existing main building. ings shared a zoning lot. Respond- with signage added to roof and for Although no specific language for ing to the opposition’s concern the complex’s commercial tenants . the sign’s lettering was present- about the proposal’s impact on the On October 23, 2012, Landmarks ed, Pasquarelli suggested that the neighborhood, BSA explained that agreed to amend a previously issued Link Building could be used for a unlike variance applications under binding report for a plan to redevel- farmers’ market. the zoning resolution, the scope of op Pier 17 in the South Street Seaport Preservationists spoke both in its review for multiple dwelling law Historic District. Landmarks in May support of, and opposition to, the cases is limited to an applicant’s 2012 initially approved the Howard proposed signage. The Society for compliance with the law. Hughes Corporation and the New the Architecture of the City’s Chris- tabel Gough objected to the “SEA- BSA: 331 East 9th Street, Manhattan York City Economic Development (80-11-A) (September 11, 2012); 333 Corporation’s plan to demolish the PORT” sign at the end of the pier East 9th Street, Manhattan (84-11-A) existing Pier 17 structure and build facing the East River, stating that (September 11, 2012); 335 East 9th a new, SHoP Architects-designed the massive sign would obstruct the Street, Manhattan (85-11-A) (Sep- glass-clad complex with retail uses river views of visitors on the roof and tember 11, 2012); 329 East 9th Street, and public space. (See CityLand’s was not “saying anything in particu- Manhattan (103-11-A) (Septem- coverage of the approval here.) lar,” and might as well say “attention ber 11, 2012) (Marvin B. Mitzner, for ShoP Architects’ Gregg shoppers on the BQE.” The Historic Terrence Lowenberg). Pasquarelli described the revisions Districts Council’s Nadezhda Wil-

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 133 and Water Street . On October 16, 2012, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved Andreas Giacoumis’s revised plan to develop a residential building on a vacant through-block lot with twenty feet of frontage on Front Street and twelve-and-a-half-feet of frontage on Water Street in the South Street Seaport Historic District. The project, designed by Dar- rin Krumpus of BORO Architects, will include two different residential components connected by a ground floor extending through the entire lot. The residential components will be divided by a central courtyard sit- Revised rendering of Seaport’s Pier 17 redevelopment plan. Credit: SHoP Architects . ting on top of the ground floor. The liams argued that the signage would argued that the blade signs should project’s Front Street facade will rise give the building the character of be limited to one per tenant. Com- to seven stories and include multi- “just another suburban mall.” missioner Michael Devonshire said ple dwelling units and ground floor The New York Landmarks Con- he was “excited” to see the roof sign, retail. The seven-story facade will servancy’s Andrea Goldwyn sup- but recommended creating a mas- feature traditional materials, with ported the altered proposal, stating ter plan for the design and lettering brick cladding and granite lintels that the divided masses better re- of the blade signs. While Commis- and sills. The Water Street facade called the historic configurations of sioner Michael Goldblum found will rise to four stories and accom- the piers. Goldwyn recommended some of the revisions appropriate, modate a single family. The narrow facade would be built using black that the blade signs be less intrusive, he said the blade signs in their cur- structural steel, with zinc panels and and that their fonts and colors be rent configuration were inappropri- glass infill. standardized. Connie Chung, from ate and detracted from the build- Krumpus presented the design the Alliance for Downtown New ing’s industrial quality. at Landmarks on July 24, 2012. The York, encouraged Landmarks to ap- The commissioners voted commissioners generally supported prove the revised plan as presented, unanimously to issue a binding the proposal, but found the Front and said the proposed signage was report, provided the applicant Street facade’s seventh floor exces- “critical to the project’s success.” limit the blade signs to one sign Chair Robert B. Tierney point- per tenant, and work with staff on ed out that Manhattan Community sign design. Board 1’s Landmarks Committee opposed the “SEAPORT” sign and LPC: 89 South Street, Manhattan the blade signs, but supported the (13-6688) (Oct. 23, 2012) (Architect: proposed way-finding signs. SHoP Architects). The commissioners generally supported the proposal. Chair Tier- LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ney found the proposal appropriate, and noted that “something’s COMMISSION got to happen” at the long-stagnant Certificate of Appropriateness site. Commissioner Diana Chapin agreed, finding that dividing the South Street Seaport, Manhattan building’s massing recalled the ap- Landmarks Approved pearance of historic piers. Chapin Revised Design for Narrow also found that the blade signs South Street Seaport worked well with the glass facade, Residential Building and that the rooftop signage was appropriate in its context. Vice Chair Through-block building will have Pablo Vengoechea also found the separate residential components 7-story facade proposed for 246 Front Street. revisions to improve the project, but with different facades on Front Street Image courtesy: BORO Architects .

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 134 LPC: 246 Front Street, Manhattan and First Avenue. The area was de- (13-2707) (Oct. 16, 2012) (Architect: veloped in the early half of the 19th BORO Architects). century and was home to waves of immigrant groups. Realtors chris- tened the neighborhood “Village LANDMARKS PRESERVATION East” (and later the East Village) in COMMISSION an attempt to attract middle class residents following the removal in Designation 1955 of the elevated Third Avenue East Village, Manhattan line. Tenements dominate the area, reflecting a variety of architectural Landmarks Approved East styles, including Italianate, Neo- Village/Lower East Side Grec, and Queen Anne. According Historical District with to Landmarks staff, almost all the Modified Boundaries buildings in the district were built Six buildings along First Avenue that prior to the Depression of the 1930s. connected two sections of proposed At a crowded public hearing in district were removed because they June 2012, Landmarks heard testi- lacked significance . On October 9, mony from a variety of stakehold- 4-story facade at 267 1/2 Water Street. 2012, the Landmarks Preservation ers, both in opposition and support Image courtesy: BORO Architects . Commission voted to create the of designation. A representative of sive, and said the Water Street fa- East Village/Lower East Side Histor- Manhattan Community Board 3 cade needed more articulation and ic District. The district, divided into spoke in favor of designation, as did refinement. (See CityLand’s cover- two sections, includes approximate- several elected officials, many area age of the hearing here.) ly 325 buildings primarily along Sec- residents, and members of pres- In October, Landmarks con- ond Avenue and its side streets be- ervationist organizations. Several sidered the revised design. The sev- tween St. Marks Place and East 2nd local religious groups opposed des- enth floor on the Front Street facade Street. A smaller section of build- ignation, including the Orthodox would be set back and clad in metal ings are located along East 6th and Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protec- to further reduce visibility and dif- East 7th Streets between Avenue A tion, Saint Stanislaus Bishop and ferentiate it from the lower floors. The cornice of the Water Street facade was simplified and reveals were added to the zinc panels to give them further articulation. According to Krumpus, the windows on Water Street would be set back six inches from the building’s frame, and sit eleven inches behind the facade’s vertical flanges. The commissioners responded favorably to the modifications. Commissioner Michael Goldblum found that the revised seventh story on Front Street constituted a significant improvement, but said the Wa- ter Street facade needed more work. Commissioners Diana Chapin, Lib- by Ryan, and Fred Bland all agreed the design had improved. Chair Robert B. Tierney concurred, and led a unanimous vote to approve the project, on the condition that Land- marks staff works with the applicant to increase the depth and articulation of the Water Street facade. Map of East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Credit: LPC .

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 135 Martyr Roman Catholic Church, this assessment, stating that the East four existing rowhouses and building St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, and Village was “the culturally richest five new rowhouses along Congress the Catholic Worker. These groups, area in New York City.” Street . On October 16, 2012, Land- along with some property owners, Commissioner Margery Perl- marks approved Congress Street were concerned that landmarking mutter disagreed with the other com- Development LLC’s multi-row- would lead to financial hardship. missioners, finding the area to be house development project at 100 (See CityLand’s coverage of the unworthy of historic district status. through 128 Congress Street in the hearing here.) Perlmutter said that tenement build- Cobble Hill Historic District. Con- At the October meeting, Mary ings, which she called a “famously gress Street Development plans to Beth Betts, director of research poor housing type,” were common restore and enlarge four rowhouses at Landmarks, recommended re- throughout the City and sufficiently by adding one-story, set-back roof- moving six properties included in preserved in other historic districts. top additions. The developer will the proposed district’s boundaries She stated that while “there are defi- also replace an abutting low-rise ga- because they lacked architectural nitely things within the contours of rage with five four-story rowhouses. significance. Five of the properties this historic district that are worth At a September 2012 hear- face First Avenue between East 6th preserving and protecting,” the goals ing, the commissioners asked the and East 7th Streets, and the sixth of the district were inadequately fo- developer to revise the proposal. property is at the corner of East 7th cused. She also argued that the Essex The commissioners disliked the Street and First Avenue. The group Street area is better identified with metal stoops, proposed for all nine of buildings served to connect the the Lower East Side. rowhouses, which would be in a district’s main grouping of buildings Landmarks voted 6-1-0 to create side-stair configuration, as being with the smaller cluster of buildings the new historic district with recom- atypical for the district. The com- east of First Avenue. According to mended boundary modifications. missioners also found the zinc-clad Betts, the research department ini- LPC: East Village/Lower East Side rooftop additions too visible, and tially believed it was necessary to Historic District, Manhattan (P-2491) recommended more clearly differ- connect the two sections straddling (October 9, 2012). entiating between the renovated First Avenue, but after consulting rowhouses and new rowhouses. with Landmarks’ counsel, it was de- (See Cityland’s coverage of the termined that the connection was LANDMARKS PRESERVATION hearing here.) not needed. COMMISSION Architect Morris Adjmi pre- Before asking the other com- sented the revised proposal at the missioners for their thoughts on Certification of Appropriateness October 16 meeting. The zinc-clad the district, Chair Robert B. Tierney Cobble Hill, Brooklyn addition to the existing rowhouses stated that he understood the con- Landmarks Approves would now be set back six inches cerns raised during the designation Revised Cobble Hill from the sidewall on the western process, but believed they did not Rowhouse Project edge of the row. The stoops re- “diminish the validity of this district, mained in the side-stair configura- the importance of it, or what it says The Morris Adjmi-designed project tion, but were redesigned with more about New York City.” He added includes renovating and enlarging metal detailing. The cornice on the that Landmarks had a demonstrat- ed ability to “forge successful part- nerships with religious groups and property owners,” and was commit- ted to working with the community. Vice Chair Pablo Vengoechea rejected the research department’s recommendations, and advocated for designating the district with its original boundaries in order to avoid fragmentation and strength- en the district’s “sense of place.” Commissioner Libby Ryan cited the neighborhood’s “tremendous cultural importance” as a reason for designation. Commissioner Mi- chael Devonshire concurred with Revised Congress Street project. Image courtesy: Morris Adjmi Architects .

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 136 all pointed out that the building’s height would be neither exception- ally tall nor short for the area. He explained that because the under- lying zoning required a set back at 85 feet, the developer would apply to the City Planning Commission to modify the zoning resolution’s bulk regulations. According to Kendall, the building’s rear facade would be designed in a very utilitarian manner and be clad in brick. Rear balconies would be built in steel meant to evoke fire escapes. The rear of the lot faces Great Jones Alley, which connects to Opposite view of rowhouse project. Image courtesy: Morris Adjmi Architects . Great Jones Street and is owned by Downtown RE Holdings, but shared new rowhouses was more clearly LPC: 110-128 Congress Street, Brooklyn defined, and parlor-level windows (13-3663) (October 16, 2012) (Architect: with the neighboring buildings. were lengthened. A large bay win- Morris Adjmi Architects). Downtown RE Holdings plans to dow on the corner of the eastern- replace the alley’s existing security most rowhouse facing Hicks Street gate with a smaller, more transpar- was also redesigned. The red-brick LANDMARKS PRESERVATION ent gate. Lights and Belgian-block proposed for all the buildings was COMMISSION paving would also be installed in changed to a slightly lighter shade. the alley. According to the developer’s Certificate of Appropriateness Manhattan Community Board preservation consultant, Ward Den- NoHo, Manhattan 2’s Doris Diether said CB 2 found nis, the stoops were redesigned in a that the building would contribute manner consistent with the area’s Landmarks Approves Project to the district and supported the historic character, with paneling, in NoHo with Minor Tweaks choice of materials. However, CB classic banisters, and segment- Compliments abound for BKSK-de- 2 recommended altering the de- ed-arch gates. Dennis stated that signed eleven-story-plus-penthouse sign of the base, which it found to “side-stoops” had been used in the building proposed for Broadway lot be “squat.” The Historic Districts mid-19th century for residential used for flea market . On October 9, Council’s Nadezhda Williams com- buildings on narrow streets. 2012, the Landmarks Preservation plimented the design, finding that The commissioners responded Commission approved Downtown it fit into the “context of the NoHo favorably to the revised proposal. RE Holdings LLC’s plan to build an Historic District in a contemporary Commissioner Michael Goldblum eleven-story-plus-penthouse build- manner.” The Society for the Ar- noted Adjmi had better differenti- ing at 688 Broadway in the NoHo ated the restored and new buildings. Historic District. The site has been Goldblum, however, said he was still used as a parking lot and is currently concerned about the stoop mate- occupied by a flea market. rials. Commissioner Fred Bland George Schieferdecker and praised the project, finding that the Harry Kendall, from BKSK Archi- still-visible addition “did not inter- tects, presented Downtown RE fere with the appreciation” of the Holdings’ proposal. The building rowhouses. Commissioner Libby would rise up to 150 feet (including Ryan stated that the proposal repre- bulkhead) and its set-back pent- sented a “substantial improvement” house would be visible from some over the 1980s garage that currently vantages. An irregularly shaped occupied the site, and would be “a brick and terra cotta-glassed screen seamless addition to the Cobble Hill would sit in front of the building’s Historic District.” Chair Robert B. metal and glass facade. The building Tierney concurred with the com- would feature a prominent cornice ments, and led a unanimous vote and a stone base, with its first two Rendering of 688 Broadway. Credit: BKSK for approval. stories framed with metal. Kend- Architects LLP .

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 137 chitecture of the City’s Christabel Gough stated that it was “once in a blue moon” that an interesting and original proposal is submitted for new building in a historic district. Gough said the proposal demon- strated that it was possible to have a new building that was “of our time without being an expression of con- tempt for traditions.” The commissioners were also complimentary of the proposal, but requested minor modifications. Commissioner Margery Perlmutter commended the architects for their choice of materials finding that they followed a NoHo tradition of experi- mentation with metal, brick, and terra cotta. Perlmutter, however, said the penthouse should not be set back, and found that the alley would Revised rooftop addition proposal at 721 St. Nicholas Avenue. Credit: Franklin Associates . be “too dolled up,” and needed more “grit.” Vice Chair Pablo Ven- Nicholas Avenue building toward tending the height of the rounded goechea said the replacement gate front facade, but commissioners still tower to create a turret. (See City- at the alley should be more substan- found it excessive . On October 2, Land’s past coverage here.) tial, but otherwise praised the “well 2012, the Landmarks Preservation The developer returned in Oc- thought out and very nicely detailed Commission considered 719/721 tober with a revised proposal. The project.” Commissioner Libby Ryan SNA Realty LLC’s revised proposal new proposal shifted the bulk of the echoed the praise of the other com- for a one-story rooftop addition to a addition to the rounded tower at missioners, but agreed with public five-story building at 721 St. Nicho- the front of the building, and set the testimony calling for refinements to las Avenue on the corner of St. Nich- addition back from the West 146th the building’s base. Commissioner olas Avenue and West 146th Street Street facade. The addition would Fred Bland stated that the “rav- in the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill follow the curve of the front facade ishing” building was appropriate Historic District. The Romanesque along St. Nicholas Avenue, and as proposed. Revival building features a curved would feature red brick and con- Landmarks unanimously ap- front facade with an arcading at- temporary windows. The remain- proved the proposal, with the pro- tic story along St. Nicholas Avenue, ing portion of the addition would be viso that the applicant would work and a mansard roof and brick para- clad in synthetic stucco. with Landmarks staff to revise the pet along the building’s West 146th The commissioners found design of the base and alley gate. Street roofline. that the revised design was still too LPC: 688 Broadway, Manhattan (13- In July 2012, Landmarks con- large and visible. Commissioner 6343) (October 9, 2012). sidered SNA Realty’s first propos- Perlmutter likened the addition to al, designed by architect Richard a lighthouse’s beacon and said it Franklin. The proposal called for was “simply too tall.” Vice Chair LANDMARKS PRESERVATION a brown-metal clad addition that Pablo Vengoechea found that the COMMISSION would reach nine-feet two-inches in proposal “negates the Romanesque height and be set back 11 feet from character of this building,” and that Certificate of Appropriateness St. Nicholas Avenue. The commis- there was too much bulk along West Harlem, Manhattan sioners found the design unsympa- 146th Street. Commissioner Diana Landmarks Unsatisfied thetic to the historic structure, and Chapin said the addition was “out By Revised Rooftop recommended that the architect of proportion with the rest of the Addition Proposed for use different materials and consider building,” and concluded that it Harlem Rowhouse concentrating the addition’s bulk might not be feasible to “add much toward the avenue rather than along to the front of that building.” Com- Revised design shifted bulk of pro- West 146th Street. Commissioner missioner Joan Gerner said she was posed one-story addition on St . Margery Perlmutter suggested ex- struggling to find a solution, but

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 138 the revised design “was really just to the environmental impacts of monitoring were too important not too much.” the project. The SCA completed the to be described in an EIS. Chair Robert B. Tierney said remediation measures on the site The Court assumed that the that it might not be possible to add a in 2007. SCA most likely acted reasonably floor to the building that would not In 2007, prior to construction, in postponing the creation of a de- “extinguish” the building’s charac- the Bronx Committee for Toxic Free tailed long-term maintenance and ter. Tierney doubted that it would Schools, and others, filed an Article monitoring plan until it had com- be physically possible to add some- 78 proceeding. They alleged that pleted the cleanup process, and thing to the front of the building that the SCA violated SEQRA because that when this particular situation would be minimally visible, but sug- it failed to include a detailed long- occurs, a supplemental EIS may be gested that some volume could be term maintenance and monitor- filed to satisfy the SEQRA process. added to the back. He declined to ing plan for the site in the EIS. The Furthermore, the Court found that call for a vote to deny the project, SCA responded that they were not DEC’s approval of the site manage- and gave the developer and archi- able to include a long-term plan be- ment plan under the Brownfield tect an opportunity to further revise cause, at the time they filed the EIS Cleanup Program did not “justify the proposal. in 2006, remediation of the site was short-circuiting the SEQRA review.” SEQRA is designed to assure that all LPC: 721 St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhat- not yet complete. In 2008, the lower environmental issues are described tan (13-2205) (October 2, 2012) (Archi- court ruled in favor of the commu- tect: Franklin Associates). nity group and asked the SCA to in a publicly filed EIS that allows the file a supplemental Environmental public a statutorily-required period Impact Statement. for public review and comment. COURT DECISIONS Following the ruling, the SCA Judge Susan P. Read, in a con- prepared a long-term site manage- curring opinion, highlighted the un- NYC School Construction Authority ment plan, and submitted it to DEC certainty a project reviewable under Mott Haven, Bronx for approval through the Brownfield SEQRA faces when also accepted Cleanup Program. Based on DEC’s in the BCP. Judge Read hoped that Court of Appeals Affirms approval, the SCA argued that there DEC will clarify how the two can fit Order for Supplemental no longer was a need for a supple- together, so as to offer a meaningful Environmental Review for mental EIS filing. The lower court and non-duplicative review of a pro- Public Schools Built on nevertheless upheld its original rul- gram, through upcoming proposed Contaminated Site ing as did the Appellate Division, SEQRA amendments. Community Group sued the School First Department. Bronx Comm . for Toxic Free Sch . v . NYC Construction Authority seeking a On October 23, 2012, the Court Sch . Constr . Auth ,. 2012 N.Y. Slip Op. long-term maintenance and moni- of Appeals unanimously affirmed. 7051 (N.Y. October 23, 2012) (Attor- toring protocol for the Mott Haven The Court held that the SCA’s meth- neys: Gregory Silbert, for Bronx Com- School site . The Mott Haven school ods for long-term maintenance and mittee; Janet L. Zaleon, for SCA). campus site, consisting of four public schools, was formerly a railroad yard in the South Bronx. The site contained soil and ground water that were significantly contaminated, and the site needed to be reme- diated before the campus could be built. The campus opened in 2010. The New York State Depart- ment of Environmental Conser- vation (DEC) accepted the most contaminated section of the Mott Haven campus site into the Brown- field Cleanup Program in 2005. The School Construction Authority (SCA) filed the final version of its En- vironmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) in 2006. The EIS made detailed findings as Mott Haven Campus rendering. Credit: Perkins Eastman .

CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 139 the permit because Buildings did COURT DECISIONS not have the authority to vary the requirements of the Multiple BSA Dwelling Law. East Village, Manhattan The owner applied to BSA to Appellate Court Upholds legalize the enlargement. BSA legal- BSA Approval of ized the sixth-floor by granting the Rooftop Additions variance after the owner agreed to demolish the seventh-floor. (Read Tenant objected to BSA’s interpreta- CityLand’s coverage of the legalization of Multiple Dwelling Law that tion here.) Jean Chin, a tenant in legalized sixth-floor additions to one of the buildings, filed an article East Village tenements . In October 78 petition challenging BSA’s deci- 2006, Ben Shaoul, the owner of two sion. Chin denied the enlargement’s adjacent five-story tenements lo- legality, arguing that BSA applied cated at 514 and 516 East 6th Street the wrong section of the Multiple in the East Village, filed an applica- Dwelling Law and instead should tion with the City’s Department of have applied a different more strin- Buildings seeking an alteration per- gent section. Justice Cynthia S. Kern mit to add two floors to each build- upheld BSA’s determination, holding. The proposal did not comply ing that the statute was ambiguous Rooftop addition at 514-516 East 6th Street. with the fire safety requirements of and therefore BSA’s interpretation Credit: CityLand . the Multiple Dwelling Law and the was entitled to deference so long the statute’s more stringent require- owner sought a waiver from Build- as it was reasonable. The Appellate ments could create a chilling effect ings. Buildings waived the Multiple Division, First Judicial Department, on renovations. Dwelling Law requirements and affirmed Justice Kern’s decision. issued the permit. In November The First Department agreed that Jean Chin v . BSA, 2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 2008, after the owner had already BSA’s interpretation of the Multiple 05599 (1st Dep’t July 17, 2012) (Attor- enlarged the buildings, the Board Dwelling Law was reasonable be- neys: LeMare Moore, for Chin; Michael of Standards and Appeals revoked cause subjecting building owners to A. Cardozo, Susan Paulson, for BSA).

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CITYLAND Volume 9 • November 2012 www.CityLandNYC.org 140 CITYLAND NEW FILINGS & DECISIONS NOVEMBER 2012 CITY PLANNING PIPELINE

New Applications Filed with DCP - October 1 to October 31, 2012

Applicant Project/Address Description ULURP No. Representative Zoning Text and Map Amendments

Paul D. Selver South Street Seaport, MN Zoning text amend. to allow 24hr. public access areas on Pier 17 130080ZRM Kramer Levin Ross F. Moskowitz Pier 57 Redevelopment Project, MN Rezoning M2-3 to M1-5; special permit to modify waterfront use and 130104ZCM; Stroock & Stroock bulk regulations; special permit for large retail establishments; 130100ZMM; special permit for 74-space accessory parking garage; 130101ZSM; chairperson certification of public access plan 130102ZSM; 130103ZSM DCP, QN AirTrain Text Amendment, QN Zoning text amend. to mod. bulk and streetscape rules for AirTrain in sp. dist. 130096ZRQ John Young Special Permits/Other Actions

Paul D. Selver Pier A - 22 Battery Pl., MN No information available 130099ZCM Kramer Levin Howard S. Weiss 470 Kent Ave., BK No information available 130093ZCK; Davidoff Hutcher 130094ZCK Michael T. Sillerman 747 Third Avenue Plaza, MN Cert. to facilitate renovation of existing public plazas 130090ZCM Kramer Levin Tal Golomb Eastern Rail Yards, MN Cert. that req. public access areas are provided, phasing plans for public 130086ZCM; Fried Frank access areas are compliant, and new office space is not w/in special floor 130087ZCM; area bonus in the Special Hudson Yards District 130088ZCM Oceanview Manor Home 3010 W. 33rd St., BK Change of use and enlargement of existing adult domiciliary care facility 130110ZCK; Hiram Rothkrug for Adults, Inc. 130107ZSK; 130108ZSK; 130109ZSK Jesse Masyr Forest Avenue Retail Expansion, SI Auth. to reduce accessory parking req. and cert. that no new cross access 130084ZAR; Wachtel Masyr connection is req. to facilitate the Forest Avenue Retail Expansion 130085ZCR; 130095ZCR Chris Fleming 4 Metrotech, BK Acquisition of office space for use by Human Resources Admin. 130089PXK DCAS LPC The Rainbow Room, MN Interior landmark designation 130098HKM LPC East Village/Lower East Side, MN Historic district designation 130097HKM Aegis Holding Houston, LLC 175-177 East Houston St., MN New 4-seat enclosed sidewalk cafe 130079ECM Susan Horsfall Jorge F. Canepa, R.A. Parkwood Ave., SI Cert. to subdivide 1 lot into 2; school seats to build 2-fam. dwelling 130081RCR Jorge F. Canepa Jorge F. Canepa, R.A. 47 Tompkins Circle, SI Auth. to mod. topography to constr. 1-fam. dwelling in preservation district 130082ZAR Jorge F. Canepa Jorge F. Canepa, R.A. 49 Tompkins Circle, SI Auth. to mod. topography to constr. 1-fam. dwelling in preservation district 130083ZAR Archidesign

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New Applications Certified into ULURP

PROJECT DESCRIPTION COMM. BD. ULURP NO. CERTIFIED

53 Greene Street Special permit MN 2 120325ZSM 10/15/2012 Cornell NYC Tech Campus Rezoning; City map amendments; disposition of City-property; MN 8 130007MMM; 10/15/2012 zoning text amendment 130076ZMM; 130078PPM; N130077ZRM Aquadilla Child Care Center Acquisition of property BK 3 130018PQK 10/15/2012 Flushing Meadows East Rezoning QN 7 070352ZMQ 10/15/2012 Non-ULURP Referrals

PROJECT DESCRIPTION COMM. BD. APP. NO. REFERRED

Pier 17-South St. Seaport Zoning text amendment MN 1 N130080ZRM 10/15/2012 Redevelopment Text Amendment

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New Applications Filed with BSA — October 1 to October 31, 2012

APPLICANT* PROJECT/ADDRESS DESCRIPTION APP. NO. REPRESENTATIVE VARIANCES

726 Broadway, MN Convert 9 floors to college/university use 298-12-BZ Kramer Levin 1245 E. 83rd St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling (floor area, side yard reqs.) 293-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC 130 Clinton St., BK Permit physical culture establishment 294-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC 1925 Union St., BK Convert auto repair facility to house of worship 286-12-BZ Eric Palatnik PC 49-33 Little Neck Pkwy., QN Expand dentist’s office in R1-2 district 295-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC SPECIAL PERMITS/OTHER ACTION

54 W. 39th St., MN Permit physical culture establishment 285-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC 301 W. 125th St., MN Permit physical culture establishment 291-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug 2374 Grand Concourse, BX Permit physical culture establishment 296-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug 2047 E. 3rd St., BK Enlarge 1-family dwelling (floor area, perimeter wall heights) 284-12-BZ Sheldon Lobel PC APPEALS

165 Reid Ave., QN Enlarge building in mapped street bed 287-12-A Zygmunt Staszewski 19 Marion Walk, QN Reconstruct, enlarge dwelling in mapped street bed 292-12-A Gary Lenhart 28-18 Astoria Blvd., QN Vested right to continue development under prior zoning 297-12-A Fredrick A. Becker 323 Ramona Ave., SI Construct 3, 2-family dwellings not fronting mapped street 289-12-A Rothkrug Rothkrug 327 Ramona Ave., SI Construct 3, 2-family dwellings not fronting mapped street 290-12-A Rothkrug Rothkrug

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Proposed Designations — October 2012

Name Address Action Date

East Village/Lower East Side HD East Village, MN Designated 10/9/2012 The Rainbow Room 30 Rockefeller Ctr., MN Designated 10/16/2012 Actions Taken — October 2012

Final Permits to be Issued after Landmarks Receives Conforming Plans Address Landmark/Historic District Description Docket No. App’d

October 2, 2012 60 Hudson St., MN Western Union Building Construct flue enclosure 13-4943 Yes 27 W. 44th St., MN The Harvard Club Construct rooftop additions 13-4375 Yes 150 Mercer St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Install infill, windows, modify shutters 13-3149 W/D 230 Mercer St., MN NoHo HD Legalize banner poles and banners 12-0275 W/Mod 328 W. 4th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Enlarge window 13-2098 Yes 52 W. 8th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Alter facade, install infill, marquee, signage 13-4071 Yes 47 W. 8th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Legalize facade alterations, infill 11-0368 Yes 54 W. 21st St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Replace windows 13-5956 Yes 430 W. 22nd St., MN Chelsea HD Alter window 13-4108 Yes 21 E. 69th St., MN Upper East Side HD Construct rear yard addition 12-7073 Yes 12 E. 78th St., MN Metropolitan Museum HD Legalize facade painting 13-5928 Yes 20 E. 93rd St., MN Carnegie Hill HD Amend C of A for rear yard addition 13-5973 Yes 239 Lenox Ave., MN Mount Morris Park HD Install exhaust duct 13-4017 Yes 5251 Independence Ave., BX Riverdale HD Construct addition 13-4198 Yes 6 Strong Pl., BK Cobble Hill HD Alter rear facade, parapet 13-4035 Yes 592 10th St., BK Park Slope HD Ext. Alter rear facade, install windows 13-4877 Yes 154 Underhill Ave., BK Prospect Heights HD Replace windows, alter rear facade 12-9418 Yes

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Actions Taken — October 2012

Final Permits to be Issued after Landmarks Receives Conforming Plans Address Landmark/Historic District Description Docket No. App’d

October 9, 2012 43 W. 61st St., MN Sofia Brothers Warehouse Replace doors 13-1254 Yes 25 Central Park W., MN The Century Apartments Establish master plan (air conditioner installation) 12-6519 Yes 93 Reade St., MN Tribeca South HD Const. roof addition, replace infill, alter rear facade 13-3244 Yes 37 Great Jones St., MN NoHo HD Ext. Alter facades, const. rooftop addition 13-1414 Yes 688 Broadway, MN NoHo HD Construct new building 13-6343 W/Mod 168 W. 4th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Ext. II Alter rear yard addition 12-7101 Yes 18 E. 69th St., MN Upper East Side HD Create windows, raise parapet, inst. railings 13-3206 Yes 1030 Grand Concourse, BX Grand Concourse HD Install canopies, doors 13-1693 Yes 39-58 48th St., QN Sunnyside Gardens HD Enclose entrance porch 13-5768 Yes October 16, 2012 220 E. 42nd St., MN Daily News Building Alter facade, install canopy, lighting 13-5634 Yes 1552 Broadway, MN I. Miller Building Remove interior floors, party wall, inst. HVAC equip. 13-4760 Yes 104 South St., MN South Street Seaport HD Const rooftop adds, replace windows, inst. infill 13-2358 Yes 246 Front St., MN South Street Seaport HD Construct new building 13-2707 W/Mod 28 N. Moore St., MN Tribeca West HD Const. rooftop addition, inst. infill, mod. loading platform 13-3343 Yes 101 Spring St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Amend C of A to modify rooftop equipment 13-0810 W/Mod 726 Broadway, MN NoHo HD Establish master plan (install rooftop mechanical equipment) 13-3607 W/Mod 117 Bedford St., MN Greenwich Village HD Construct rear and rooftop additions 12-9201 W/Mod 353 W. 20th St., MN Chelsea HD Construct rear yard addition 11-5555 Yes 67 Greene Ave., BK Fort Greene HD Amend C of A to construct new building 13-5531 Yes 110 Congress St., BK Cobble Hill HD Alter facades, const. roof adds, const. 5 rowhouses 13-3663 Yes 330 Knollwood Ave., QN Douglaston HD Construct rear yard addition 11-1328 Yes October 23, 2012 319 Broadway, MN 319 Broadway Building Remove sidewalk cafe enclosure, install infill, awnings, signs 13-6008 W/Mod 116 Sullivan St., MN 116 Sullivan Street House Enlarge, combine rear windows, install security camera 13-7085 Yes 32 W. 40th St., MN Engineers’ Club Building Replace windows 13-3483 Yes 104 W. 40th St., MN Springs Mills Building Replace doors, install signs 13-5713 W/Mod East 42nd St., MN Park Avenue Viaduct Install signs, lighting 13-6973 W/Mod 239 W. 45th St., MN Music Box Theater Replace signage 13-6560 Yes 15 E. 70th St., MN Chandler & deBebian Moore House Create window openings 13-6140 Yes 89 South St., MN South Street Seaport HD Amend C of A to construct new building 13-6688 Yes 272 Water St., MN South Street Seaport HD Inst. stair bulkhead, mech. equip., raise parapet 13-4655 Yes 39 Fifth Ave., MN Greenwich Village HD Enlarge window openings 13-4986 Yes 555 W. 25th St., MN West Chelsea HD Install rooftop bulkhead 13-5155 Yes 4 E. 27th St., MN Madison Square North HD Alter ground floor, install flagpole, lighting 13-4617 Yes 800 Fifth Ave., MN Upper East Side HD Alter garden, plaza 13-6531 Yes 42 E. 69th St., MN Upper East Side HD Construct addition, modify windows, replace doors 12-5281 Yes 464 Amsterdam Ave., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Replace window, install balcony 13-5630 Yes 466 Amsterdam Ave., MN Upper West Side/CPW HD Replace window, install balcony 13-5631 Yes 280 Henry St., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Alter facade, areaway, repl. windows, garage door, stoop 13-5638 W/Mod 29 Jay St., BK DUMBO HD Install display window, security gate, awning 13-6473 W/Mod 11 Old Fulton St., BK Fulton Ferry HD Install storefront infill 13-6324 W/D 132 Greene Ave., BK Clinton Hill HD Legalize access ramp 13-1298 Yes 439 Henry St., BK Cobble Hill HD Remove bay window 13-6735 Yes 274 Garfield Pl., BK Park Slope HD Install banners 13-3268 Yes 192 St. Mark’s Ave., BK Prospect Heights HD Alter rear facade 13-4300 W/Mod

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CITY COUNCIL Res. Nos. Project Description Date 1523 Yorkville Bank Building, MN Administrative correction to land use number 9/24/2012 1524 131 Seventh Ave. South, MN Withdraw revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 9/24/2012 1525 86 Kenmare St., MN Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 9/24/2012 1526 Soundview Apartments, BX Rezoning (R5 to R6) 9/24/2012 1527 Yorkville Bank Building, MN Landmark designation 9/24/2012 1528 Bowery Bank Building, MN Landmark designation 9/24/2012 1529 The Bowery Mission, MN Landmark designation 9/24/2012 1530 New York Curb Exchange, MN Landmark designation 9/24/2012 1531 Park Place HD, BK Landmark district designation 9/24/2012 1541 89-06 138th St., QN Amend real property tax exemption 10/11/2012 1542 Riverside-West End HD Ext. I, MN Landmark district designation 10/11/2012 1543 10 Little W. 12th St., MN Revocable consent (sidewalk cafe) 10/11/2012 1544 11-20 131st St. Rezoning, QN Rezoning (R4A to M1-1) 10/11/2012 1545; Bedford-Stuyvesant North Rezoning Rezoning (Elim. C1-3 from R5, C1-3 from R6, C2-3 from R5, C2-3 10/11/2012 1546; & Text Amendment, BK from R6, change R5 to R6A, R6 to R6A, C4-3 to R6A, C8-2 to R6A, 1547 R5 to R6B, R6 to R6B, C4-3 to R6B, C8-2 to R6B, R6 to R7A, R6 to R7D, R6 to C4-4L, C4-3 to C4-4L, C8-2 to C4-4L, est. C2-4 in R6, C2-4 in R6A, C2-4 in R6B, C2-4 in R7A, C2-4 in R7D, est. EC-4 dist.); zoning text amendment (inclusionary housing); zoning text amendment (transparency requirements) 1548 Marconi St. Grade Changes, BX City map amendment (est. legal grades) 10/11/2012 1549 1664 Davidson Ave., BX Terminate tax exemption 10/11/2012 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Project Name Description Location ULURP No. Date 111 Mercer Street Special permit (bulk, use regulations) MN 2 C120360ZSM 10/3/2012 54 Greene Street Special permit (use regulations) MN 2 C090002ZSM 10/3/2012 Brinckerhoff Cemetery Landmark designation QN 8 N130043HKQ 10/3/2012 Mercedes House Zoning text amendment (resolve non-compliant condition) MN 4 N120305ZRM 10/17/2012 Downtown BK Parking Text Zoning text amendment (mod. off-street parking regs.) BK 2 N120384(A)ZRK 10/17/2012 BOARD OF STANDARDS & APPEALS Address Description Action Case No. Representative 514 E. 6th St., MN Appeal DOB denial of reinstatement of permits to enlarge bldg. App’d 125-11-A Marvin B. Mitzner 653 Bruckner Blvd., BX Appeal DOB determination that sign not non-conforming use Denied 83-12-A; Fried Frank 84-12-A 1944 E. 12th St., BK Special permit to enlarge 1-family dwelling App’d 178-11-BZ Eric Palatnik, PC 210 Oceanside Ave., QN Construction not fronting on a mapped street App’d 164-12-A Joseph A. Sherry 22-21 33rd St., QN Legalization, and enlargement of a mosque App’d 13-12-BZ Georgios Georgopoulos 114-01 95th Ave., QN Legalization of an exterior cellar and 2-family dwelling (yards) App’d 10-12-BZ Rothkrug Rothkrug 32-09 211th St., QN Extend time to complete construction, obtain c of o App’d 149-05-A Eric Palatnik, PC 141-54 Northern Blvd., QN Extension of term (auto service station) App’d 72-04-BZ Eric Palatnik, PC 58-04 Hoffman Dr., QN Amend variance (accessory parking use for hospital) App’d 25-89-BZ Kevin B. McGrath 90-02 Queens Blvd., QN Amend variance (convert hospital building to other uses) App’d 365-79-BZ Kevin B. McGrath 212-95 26th Ave., QN Extension of term (Peter Pan Games) App’d 739-76-BZ Eric Palatnik, PC LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION - Approvals & Certificates Address Landmark/Historic District Description Case No. App’d Issued 551 Fifth Ave., MN Fred French Building Interior Install bronze door in interior lobby 13-6495 Yes 9/26/2012 160 Lexington Ave., MN Pratt School of Design Alter service entrance, areaway 13-6903 Yes 10/10/2012 350 Fifth Ave., MN Empire State Building Interior Est. master plan (elevator stancheons) 13-6465 Yes 9/25/12 457 Madison Ave., MN The Villard Houses Alterations to provide barrier-free access 13-6591 Yes 9/27/12 1 W. 54th St., MN University Club Remove canopy, install lighting and infill 13-6636 Yes 10/3/12 1220 Fifth Ave., MN Museum of the City of New York Construct loggia on terrace 13-7023 Yes 10/15/2012 175 Broadway, BK Williamsburg Savings Bank Modify window openings, install stairs at areaway 13-6650 Yes 10/1/2012 187 Franklin St., MN Tribeca West HD Replace facade, construct 2-story rooftop addition 13-6390 Yes 9/21/2012 430 W. Broadway, MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Ext. Replace storefront infill 13-6308 Yes 9/20/2012 146-150 Wooster St., MN SoHo-Cast Iron HD Demo. garage, construct 7-story building 13-7117 Yes 10/12/2012

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LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION - Approvals & Certificates (CONT.) Address Landmark/Historic District Description Case No. App’d Issued 66 Leroy St., MN Greenwich Village HD Ext. II Install rooftop mechanical equip., acoustic panels 13-6294 Yes 9/20/2012 47 W. 8th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Remove infill, reconfigure openings, inst. cladding 13-6862 Yes 10/10/2012 16 E. 10th St., MN Greenwich Village HD Install railing, excavate cellar & rear yard 13-7090 Yes 10/16/2012 227 Waverly Pl., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace infill, install new storefronts 13-6648 Yes 10/1/2012 1 Jane St., MN Greenwich Village HD Replace windows 13-6502 Yes 9/27/2012 100 W. 23rd St., MN Ladies’ Mile HD Replace windows, paint facade 13-7098 Yes 10/16/2012 933-943 Madison Ave., MN Upper East Side HD Demo. rowhouse, rear extension, const. new building 13-6666 Yes 10/2/2012 12 E. 78th St., MN Metropolitan Museum HD Legalize painting of facade 13-6677 Yes 10/2/2012 239 Lenox Ave., MN Mount Morris Park HD Install exhaust flue 13-6990 Yes 10/12/2012 308 Cumberland St., BK Fort Greene HD Construct 2nd floor rear yard addition 13-6741 Yes 9/26/2012 181 Atlantic Ave., BK Brooklyn Heights HD Legalize storefront installation, HVAC equip. 13-6398 Yes 9/21/2012 491 4th St., BK Park Slope HD Const. rear addition, restore stoop, repl. windows 13-6399 Yes 9/24/2012 154 Underhill Ave., BK Prospect Heights HD Replace windows, install insulation 13-6676 Yes 10/2/2012 193 Congress St., BK Cobble Hill HD Demo. garage portion & stabilize, inst. fences 13-6564 Yes 9/28/2012 210 Joralemon St., BK Borough Hall Skyscraper HD Modify/replace windows, install awnings, signs 13-6843 Yes 10/9/2012 211 Forest Rd., QN Douglaston HD Legalize driveway widening, retaining wall 13-6404 Yes 9/24/2012 Fort Totten, QN Fort Totten HD Reconstruct entryway, inst. lift, relocate flagpoles 13-6413 Yes 9/27/2012

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