Landmarks

Condo Conversion Wraps Up At Manhattan House, Former Upper East Side Rental Building

2:00 pm on December 15, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The condominium conversion of the Upper East Side’s Manhattan House – a landmarked 20-story, 584-unit rental complex, located at 200 East 66th Street and built in 1951 – is now wrapping up, the Observer reports. O’Connor Capital Partners shelled out $623 million for the exclusive rental property back in 2005. Today, the complex sports 495 condominiums and an additional 93 rent-stabilized units. Twenty-six of the condos have yet to be sold. Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill originally design Manhattan House, and Sasaki Associates designed the building’s private garden.

Rendering of the TWA Flight Center Hotel. Via MCR Development.

Developer Begins City Review Process For TWA Flight Center Hotel at JFK Airport

8:00 am on December 15, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

The TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport has been out of commission for 14 years, but if all goes according to plan, it will welcome a new slew of visitors starting in just a few years. MCR Development is planning to redevelop the landmarked 1962 Eero Saarinen building into the TWA Flight Center Hotel. It got approval from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in September, but yesterday announced that it is commencing the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP.

Three-Story Office & Retail Conversion Underway At 74 Kent Street, Greenpoint

4:00 pm on December 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In mid-2014, Caerus Group acquired the three-story former Eberhard Pencil Factory building at 74 Kent Street, in Greenpoint, for $7.5 million. Now, the developer is converting the landmarked, 17,413 square-foot property into commercial space, according to Commercial Observer. Office space will be located on the second, third, and cellar levels, while retail space will occupy the ground floor. Each floor will feature outdoor space and 6,000 square feet of green space is planned on the roof. Hustvedt Cutler Architects is designing the conversion and completion is expected in the first half of 2016.

Rendering of the facade of the IFC Center at 14-16 Cornelia Street, approved by the LPC.

IFC Center Expansion to 14-16 Cornelia Street Clears Hurdle At Landmarks

7:30 am on December 11, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

The IFC Center, deeply in need of more space, is one step closer to an expansion. The Landmarks Preservation Commission recently approved plans for the movie theater at Sixth Avenue and West 3rd Street to expand to a vacant lot behind it at 14-16 Cornelia Street. That would bump IFC’s five theaters seating a total of 480 people to 11 theaters seating a total of 948 people, while also clearing out the sidewalk with added lobby space.

Bedford Historic District Designated By Landmarks Preservation Commission

8:00 am on December 10, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

New York City has a new historic district. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, in a unanimous vote, designated the Bedford Historic District in Brooklyn. That means 824 more buildings now fall under the commission’s oversight. It also means the green street signs will eventually be replaced with brown ones.

Rendering of the West End Collegiate Church, 378 West End Avenue, and the replacement for 260 West 78th Street. By COOKFOX.

West End Collegiate Church To Create New Residential Presence At 378 West End Avenue, Upper West Side

8:00 am on December 9, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

The West End Collegiate Church will get the money it needs from a project approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday. The church, an individual landmark located at 245 West 77^th Street, has bought the property to its north from the Collegiate School, at 260 West 78th Street, where an existing structure will be demolished. It will be replaced by a new residential building that will be connected internally to a restored and expanded 378 West End Avenue.

LPC Approves Four-Story, Single-Family Conversion Project At 8 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn Heights

10:00 am on December 4, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved the restoration of the four-story, multi-family building at 8 Montague Terrace, in Brooklyn Heights. The 11,266 square-foot structure will shrink to 11,122 square feet and will be converted to a single-family townhouse, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The building presently contains eight units. Thomas Hut of HS2 Architecture is designing the restoration, which would include the addition of balconies on the structure’s rear upper levels. It’s that work which the LPC had to approve.

361 Central Park West - existing conditions, 2014 proposal, and 2015 proposal.

Battle Over Former Church At 361 Central Park West Continues At BSA

7:30 am on December 3, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

It was all the way back on March 11th that the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved controversial plans to convert the former First Church of Christ, Scientist in New York City, located at 361 Central Park West and West 96th Street, into 39 condominiums. But that wasn’t the last word. The battle went on in the community board, and it continued this week at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), and will continue into 2016.

466 Columbus Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 466 Columbus Avenue, Upper West Side

7:30 am on December 1, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Yesterday was a busy day for building permits on the Upper West Side, where very little new construction happens thanks to a combination of landmarking and restrictive zoning. AvalonBay Communities filed plans for a 33-story tower at the site of the former American Bible Society Headquarters near Columbus Circle, and a small developer submitted applications for an eight-story condo building at 466 Columbus Avenue, between West 82nd and 83rd Streets.

10 Greene Street, existing and proposed.

Landmarks Approves Residential Conversion At 10 Greene Street, SoHo

7:30 am on November 30, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

An over century-old commercial building in SoHo will see new life as a mixed-use building, thanks to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which approved the conversion on Tuesday. 10 Greene Street, located between Canal Street and Grand Street, will become home to four residential units atop ground floor retail. There will also be restorative work and a rooftop addition.

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