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ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING Monday, February 9 ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING Monday, February 9, 2004 8:30 a.m. Business Meeting 11:00 a.m. Consent Agenda Installation of a memorial to 9-11 by Robert Ressler, 69th Street 21747: Pier, near Owl’s Head Park and Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. (Conceptual) (CC 43, CB 10) DPR Construction of a wall, Croton Water Treatment Plant, Mosholu 21748: Golf Course, Van Cortlandt Park, Jerome Avenue and East 213th Street, Bronx. (Final) (CC 11, CB 12) DEP Construction of a retaining wall, Croton Water Treatment Plant, Mosholu Golf Course, Van Cortlandt Park, Jerome Avenue and 21749: East 233th Street, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 11, CB 12) DEP Rehabilitation of Port Jervis Wastewater Treatment Plant, 46 21750: North Maple Avenue, Port Jervis, NYS. (Final) DEP 26th Ward Water Pollution Control Plant (Wastewater 21751: Treatment Plant), Interim Upgrade, 12266 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn. (Amended Final) (CC 46, CB 5) DEP Replacement of an existing newsstand, license # 0021500, 21752: northeast corner of Stone Street and Whitehall Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DCA Construction of a sidewalk newsstand, license #1126046, 21753: northeast corner of John Street and Water Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DCA Construction of a parking lot, Brooklyn Community District 12 21758: Garage, 5602 19th Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 44, CB 12) DOS Site Work and Exterior Restoration of Buildings 10 and 11 for the National Lighthouse Center and Museum, formerly U.S. 21759: Third District Lighthouse Depot, St. George, Staten Island. (Amended Final) (CC 49; CB 1) EDC Repainting of the Puerto Rican Sun sculpture by Raphael Ferrer, 21760: Fox Playground, Fox Street and 156th Street, Bronx. (Final) (CC 8; CB 2) DPR Conservation of the Carl Schurz Memorial by Karl Bitter, 21761: Morningside Park, west side, 116th Street and Morningside Avenue, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 9, CB 9) DPR Conservation of the Alexander Skene monument by John 21762: Massey Rhind, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 19, CB 33) DPR Conservation of Max Spivak murals, Astoria Branch, 21763: Queensborough Branch Library, 14-01 Astoria Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens. (Final) (CC 22, CB 1) QPL Temporary loan for exhibition to the Jamaica Branch Library, 21764: Queensborough Branch Library, Queens. (Final) QPL Installation of a fountain, Battery Bosque, Battery Park, 21765 Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC1, CB 1) DPR Installation of a Memorial to the Victims of 9-11, Staten Island 21766: Promenade, Richmond County Bank Ballpark, north shore, Staten Island. (Amended Conceptual) (CB 1, CC 49) EDC Submissions 11:05 a.m. Set in New York Plaque Program, City-wide. (Preliminary) 21717: DOT Reconstruction of the Historic Playground (formerly Heckscher Playground) landscape, Central Park, southwest area between 11:30 a.m. the West Drive and Center Park Drive, near Heckscher 21744: Ballfields, south of 65th Street Transverse Road, Manhattan. (Final)(CC 6, CB 5, 7, 8, 10, 11) DPR Installation of planters and bollards, Times Square Tower, 11:50 a.m. between West 42nd Street and West 41st Street, Broadway and 21767: Seventh Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 3, CB 5) DOT Installation of planters and bollards, Park Avenue Synagogue, 12:15 p.m. 50 East 87th Street at Madison Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary 21768: and Final) (CC 4, CB 8) DOT 12:35 p.m. Construction of a distinctive sidewalk, 640 Fifth Avenue at 51st 21769: Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DOT Construction of a sidewalk newsstand, #1007689, at 115 West 12:55 p.m. 42nd Street on the north side of the street between Sixth Avenue 21770: and Broadway, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DCA Construction of a sidewalk newsstand, #1089923, southwest 21757: corner of Broadway and West 95th Street, on Broadway, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 6, CB 7) DCA Replacement of an existing newsstand, license # 0216473, northeast corner of Eighth Avenue and West 34th Street, on 21754: West 34th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DCA Replacement of an existing newsstand, license # 0024528 southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and West 34th Street, on 21755: 34th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DCA Replacement of an existing newsstand, license # 024529 southeast corner of Seventh Avenue and West 34th Street, on 21756: 34th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DCA Construction of a kiosk, Madison Square Park, southeast corner, 1:10 p.m. between East 23rd Street and East 24th Street near Madison 21771: Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DPR Bell Boulevard Streetscape Improvement, Bell Boulevard from 1:30 p.m. Northern Boulevard to 35th Avenue, Bayside, Queens. 21772: (Preliminary) (CC 19, CB 11) DOT Reconstruction of Frederick Douglass Circle, Central Park West, 1:55 p.m. 110th Street, Cathedral Parkway, Manhattan. (Amended Final) 21773: (CC 8 & 9, CB 7 & 10) DDC Reconstruction of Samuel Seabury Playground, Lexington 2:15 p.m. Avenue between East 95th Street and East 96th Street, 21774 Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 4, CB 8) DPR Reconstruction of a playground adjacent to Junior High School 2:35 p.m. 192, South of Hollis Avenue between 204th Street and 205th 21775: Street, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 27, CB 12) DPR Reconstruction of the 79th Street Playground, Shore Road 2:55 p.m. Parkway and 79th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) 21776: (CC 43, CB 10) DPR Demolition of an existing field house and construction of a 3:10 p.m. community center, Marine Park, Fillmore Avenue between 21777: Madison Place and Marine Parkway, near Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 46, CB 18) DPRWITHDRAWN Construction of Friends Field Park Tot Lot, East 4th Street and 3:30 p.m. Avenue L, Gravesend, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 44, CB 12) 21778: DPR Reconstruction of the John Jay Park Tot Lot, Cherokee Place 3:50 p.m. between East 76th Street and East 78th Street, Manhattan. 21779: (Preliminary) (CC 5, CB 8) DPR THE ART COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2004 WILL BE HELD IN CITY HALL PLEASE NOTE, ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE 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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