12 WOOSTER STREET
SUBMITTED TO LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMISSION ONE CENTRE STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10007 04 SEPTEMBER 2019
SUBMITTED BY PRESERVATION GREEN LLC. 437 E 12TH ST NEW YORK, NY 10009 [email protected] WITH McKAY ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN PLLC CONTENTS HISTORY OF 12 WOOSTER STREET
01 COVER PAGE - IMAGE CA 1955 SOHO - Cast Iron Historic District Designation Report 02 TABLE OF CONTENTS, BUILDING INFORMATION, AND SCOPE OF WORK Page 162 (172 of 241) 03 HISTORIC DOCUMENTATION AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT 04 EXISTING & PROPOSED EAST/WEST SECTIONS Commenced: 5/14/1883 05 EXISTING & PROPOSED FRONT & REAR ELEVATION Completed: 6/31/1884 Architect: J. B. Snook 06 EXISTING & PROPOSED ROOF PLANS Original Owner: C. L. Wolfe 07 EXISTING & PROPOSED PARTIAL ROOF ELEVATIONS Original Function: Manufacturing Facade: Brick, stone, iron 08 EXISTING & PROPOSED PARTIAL ROOF SECTIONS 5 stories, 3 bays 09 PHOTOGRAPHS OF EXISTING ROOF CONDITIONS Comments: Iron form S.D. Ferdon Iron Works 10 EXISTING & PROPOSED ROOF VS. NEIGHBORING ROOF CONDITIONS 12 Wooster Street was built in 1883 and finished in 1884. It was designed by Architect John B. Snook who designed the 11 VIEW OF PROPOSED BULKHEAD FROM LISPENARD ST. & CHURCH ST. first Grand Central Station for Vanderbilt, as well as a number of other cast-iron building in what is now SoHo. The orig- 12 VIEW OF PROPOSED BULKHEAD FROM WALKER ST. & CHURCH ST. inal business was Dubrow, manufacturer of sewing machines. The firm was later joined by Hern which stayed in busienss for 98 years until pruchased in 1981 by James Dee, founder of the 12 Wooster Street Tenants Association. BUILDING INFORMATION Typical of most of the similar buildings in the neighborhood, the ground floor was used to display finished prod- 12 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013 ucts, the second floor was a machine shop where everything was manufactured. The 3rd floor was used for office space and the 4th and 5th for storage. There was a small foundry so they were able to make small sand cast iron parts. Soho of Borough: Manhattan today was the garment center up through WW II. At some point Dubrow and Hern moved from manufacturing sewing Block: 229 machines to maintenance and repair of the machines. Lot: 12 Year Altered: 1984 Lot Frontage: 27.05 Lot Depth: 100.04
PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK
This application to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission includes the following proposed work:
1. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment will be roof mounted to replace window AC units.
2. A Stair Bulkhead providing roof access.
3. An Elevator Bulkhead that provides an elevator access stop at the roof level and accomodates an elevator ma- chine-less equipment room accessible for maintenance.
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 2 SOHO - CAST IRON HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP 12 WOOSTER STREET 12 WOOSTER STREET MANHATTAN, NEW YORK TAX LOT MAP 1980S TAX PHOTO
12 WOOSTER ST. GRAND STREET BULKHEAD NOT VISIBLE FROM WOOSTER STREET CANAL STREET
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION HISTORIC DOCUMENTATION & EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 3 1/16” =1’-0” EXISTING EAST/WESTBUILDING SECTION 12 WOOSTERST PRESERVATIONLANDMARKS COMMISSION SUBMISSION / 29 AUGUST 2019
92' - 1" 1/16” =1’-0” PROPOSED EAST/WESTBUILDING SECTION 24' - 0"
EXISTING &PROPOSED EAST/WEST SECTIONS LINE OF SIGHT FROM WOOSTER ST. WOOSTER FROM SIGHT OF LINE WOOSTER ST. 4 ELEVATOR BULKHEAD ROOF 102' - 6 5/16"
EQUIPMENT ROOM LEVEL 96' - 10 5/16" 20' - 3 3/4" 3 - 20'
ROOF 78' - 10 5/16"
FIFTH FLOOR 66' - 6 27/32"
FOURTH FLOOR 92' - 5" - 92' 54' - 9 23/32" 72' - 1 1/4" 1 - 72' THIRD FLOOR 42' - 5 17/32"
SECOND FLOOR 29' - 7 23/32"
FIRST FLOOR 13' - 5 25/32"
EXISTING REAR YARD ELEVATION PROPOSED REAR YEARD ELEVATION PROPOSED STREET FRONT ELEVATION EXISTING STREET FRONT ELEVATION 3/32” = 1’-0” 3/32” = 1’-0” 3/32” = 1’-0” 3/32” = 1’-0”
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION EXISTING & PROPOSED FRONT & REAR ELEVATIONS 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 5 FRONT FACE OF BUILDING NEW BULKHEAD SKYLIGHT MACHINE-LESS ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ROOM SPIRAL ACCESS STAIR
# 5
# 4 NEW STAIR BULKHEAD NEW ELEVATOR BULKHEAD A/C CONDENSERS x 8
# 3 # 2 BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET THE BUILDING ACROSS
PROPOSED ROOF PLAN 3/32” = 1’-0”
# 5
# 4 SKYLIGHT # 1 WOOSTER STREET WOOSTER
STAIR BULKHEAD A/C CONDENSERS x 2
# 3 # 2
EXISTING ROOF PLAN 3/32” = 1’-0”
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION EXISTING & PROPOSED ROOF PLANS 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 6 STAIR BULKHEAD A/C CONDENSERS
EXISTING PARTIAL ELEVATION LOOKING NORTH EXISTING PARTIAL ELEVATION LOOKING EAST 1/8” = 1’-0” 1/8” = 1’-0”
ELEVATOR BULKHEAD ROOF 102' - 6 5/16" ELEVATOR BULKHEAD W/ SPIRAL STAIR TO EQUIPMENT ROOM EQUIPMENT ROOM LEVEL 96' - 10 5/16"
STAIR BULKHEAD A/C CONDENSERS
PROPOSED PARTIAL ROOF ELEVATION LOOKING NORTH PROPOSED PARTIAL ELEVATION LOOKING EAST 1/8” = 1’-0” 1/8” = 1’-0”
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION EXISTING & PROPOSED PARTIAL ROOF ELEVATIONS 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 7 A/C CONDENSERS
SKYLIGHT #1 # 2 # 5 # 4 STAIR BULKHEAD
EXISTING PARTIAL SECTION LOOKING SOUTH 1/8” = 1’-0”
MACHINE-LESS EQUIPMENT ROOM
ELEVATOR BULKHEAD
NEW BULKHEAD SKYLIGHT
STAIR BULKHEAD
A/C CONDENSERS
# 5 # 4 # 3 # 2
PROPOSED PARTIAL SECTION LOOKING SOUTH 1/8” = 1’-0”
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION EXISTING & PROPOSED PARTIAL ROOF SECTIONS 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 8 ROOF LOOKING SOUTH SKYLIGHT #1 SKYLIGHT #2
SKYLIGHT #3 SKYLIGHT #4 SKYLIGHT #5
EXISTING STAIR BULKHEAD A/C CONDENSERS CORNICE PARAPET VIEW FROM ACROSS WOOSTER STREET
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION PHOTOGRAPHS OF EXISTING ROOF CONDITIONS 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 9 GOOGLE VIEW LOOKING NORTH-WEST GOOGLE VIEW LOOKING NORTH-EAST
GOOGLE VIEW LOOKING NORTH-WEST GOOGLE VIEW LOOKING NORTH-EAST
ADJACENT BUILDING ROOFTOP TO THE NORTH OF 12 WOOSTER ST.
SKYLIGHT BULKHEAD MECH. UNITS
BRICK PARAPET WALL # 3 # 4 # 5 # 2 # 1
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION EXISTING & PROPOSED ROOF VS. NEIGHBORING ROOF CONDITIONS 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 10 TAX LOT MAP OF SURROUNDING BLOCKS STREET VIEW ENLARGED VIEW
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LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION VIEW OF PROPOSED BULKHEAD FROM LISPENARD ST. & CHURCH ST. 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 11 TAX LOT MAP OF SURROUNDING BLOCKS STREET VIEW ENLARGED VIEW
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION VIEW OF PROPOSED BULKHEAD FROM WALKER ST. & CHURCH ST. 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 12 TAX LOT MAP OF SURROUNDING BLOCKS VIEW FROM SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF WALKER & CHURCH STREETS
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VIEW FROM SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF WHITE & CHURCH STREETS
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUBMISSION VIEWS OF ELEVATOR CORE MOCK-UP DOWN CHURCH STREET 12 WOOSTER ST / 29 AUGUST 2019 13