Landmarks Preservation Commission

Announcements

LPC Schedules Hearing For Two Historic Carroll Gardens Buildings

CARROLL GARDENS – On Friday, Council Member Brad Lander’s office sent a release announcing that the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) has agreed to consider both 236 and 238 President Street for landmark designation. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela

Announcements

City Commission Landmarks Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh

The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh was built in the early 20th-century (Via NYC LPC)WILLIAMSBURG – The iconic Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh is now officially a New York City individual landmark, designated today by the Landmarks Preservation Committee for its design and role in Williamsburg’s development as a

Carroll Gardens

Carroll Gardens Community Calls On Landmarks Commission To Protect Two Historic Buildings

CARROLL GARDENS – Council Member Brad Lander and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon were joined by Carroll Gardens residents and community groups Friday morning to call on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) to grant two historic properties on President Street individual landmark

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Landmarks Commission Rejects 135 Montague Expansion, Approves 550 Clinton Tower

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/CLINTON HILL – Plans to add two stories to a landmarked Brooklyn Heights building were rejected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) at a public hearing on Tuesday. Rendering via Marin Architects’ presentation to the Landmarks Preservation CommissionMarin Architects presented to

Nonsponsored

Sunset Park’s Dr. Maurice T. Lewis House Receives Landmark Status

SUNSET PARK – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced on Wednesday the designation of the Dr. Maurice T. Lewis House located at 404 55th Street (at 4th Avenue) as an individual landmark, relieving many locals who opposed the demolition of the building

Business

Landmarks Approves Plan To Restore Retail Space Beside Pavilion Theater

PARK SLOPE – The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] approved plans to restore 192 Prospect Park West, a single-story retail space beside the former Pavilion Theater situated across from Prospect Park. 188 and 192 Prospect Park West via Google MapsBack in 2014 [/relax-the-pavilion-is-not-becoming-condosjust-yet-kensington/], neighbors

clinton hill

Coalition Seeks Landmark Designation For Former Home of Walt Whitman

WALLABOUT – The Walt Whitman Initiative [https://www.facebook.com/WaltWhitmanInitiative/] is urging the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] to reconsider its decision not to designate 99 Ryerson Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/99+Ryerson+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6957269,

Announcements

Redesign for Williamsburg’s Domino Sugar Factory Approved By Landmarks Preservation Commission

A rendering shows the new design of the Domino Sugar Factory Refinery Site from the waterfront promenade (Rendering via PAU)WILLIAMSBURG – A new design for the old Domino Sugar Factory Refinery was approved without changes yesterday by the Landmark Preservation Commission. Developed by Two Trees Management company and designed by

community

Sunset Park Recreation Center Gets Approval For Much-Needed Renovations

Sunset Park Recreation Center (Photo via NYC Parks)On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved much-needed renovations for the Sunset Park Recreation Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B087] located at 4200 7th Avenue, New York Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/landmarks-approves-renovation-restoration-of-brooklyns-sunset-park-recreation-center.html] reports. The facility was

Central Brooklyn

Crumbling Flatbush House Denied Renovations That “Disregard History And Style”

A deteriorating house at 7 Irvington Place, in the Fisk Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, was denied a major revamp this week, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/02/landmarks-not-satisfied-with-proposed-renovation-of-eyesore-house-at-7-irvington-place-flatbush.html] . The Landmark Preservation Commission deemed the proposal too drastic, saying it would destroy the house’s historical context. The

Arts & Culture

Pavilion Theater To Be Converted Into Nitehawk Prospect Park; Condo Plans ‘Scrapped’

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Pavilion Theater on Prospect Park West will undergo a major and strikingly fast transformation which will keep the building a movie theater, the New York Times reported [http://nyti.ms/2bRR1j7]. And none other than the popular Nitehawk Cinema [http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/

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Landmark’s To Build Two-Unit House At 39 South Elliott Place in Fort Greene

Proposed 39 South Elliott Place plan. (Courtesy: Landmark Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/05_21_16/39_South_Elliott_Pl.pdf] )The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) approved a revised proposal to construct