Righting Wrongs in the Greenpoint Historic District
Two properties in the Greenpoint Historic District must go back to the LPC after the fact to get the commission’s blessing for alterations made without its approval. At 116 Franklin Street (left), changes were made to the storefront and doors and windows were replaced without permission; at 832 Manhattan Avenue (right), the owners have applied…
Two properties in the Greenpoint Historic District must go back to the LPC after the fact to get the commission’s blessing for alterations made without its approval. At 116 Franklin Street (left), changes were made to the storefront and doors and windows were replaced without permission; at 832 Manhattan Avenue (right), the owners have applied to bring earlier rooftop and rear additions into compliance. The application for 116 Franklin Street is being heard this morning at 9:30 on the 9th Floor of 1 Centre Street in Manhattan; 832 Manhattan Avenue, originally scheduled for today, has been pushed back.
January 22nd Agenda [LPC]
116 Franklin Avenue [Property Shark] GMAP
832 Manhattan Avenue [Property Shark] GMAP
The interior of 832 is stunning. The landlord hasn’t QUITE ruined it all yet, the original fixtures and moldings and floorplan for the most part is still intact, at least on the top floor. I know that they were making some changes to the second floor to rent commercial but even that wasn’t decimating the character.
interesting about 116. there are probably a few more of those that will happen soon.
as for the person who lives there, he will probably have to make changes to the facade and that will impact your quality of life. I would consult with someone over at tenant.net. NOW. don’t post on random message boards. please.
9:04: You Southerners got it made. Life is cheap on Eagle Street.
5.26 get yourself down Kent st. or Milton st., no vinyl there apart from my LP collection.
Thank Jebus for the LPC. Greenpoint’s historic vinyl siding MUST BE PRESERVED!
/another Greenpointer
//this IS Fark, right?
///hard to tell lately
////smell my dick!
THIS IS MY DAMN APARTMENT!!!!! I live on the ground floor… can someone tell me what I should freakin DO??? (serious replies please… answers like “Move, dumbass,” and “Smell my d*ck” would just be pat at this point.
Thanks 10:35. and you feel free to smell my d”ck
Since this thread will inevitably inflame the anti-preservation loonies, I thought I would send a little pro-LPC love out there. Two weeks before Christmas, I filed an application to do some reno that will have a small but visible impact on the exterior rear facade of my house. LPC asked my architect for a photo from another angle, then sent out an inspector to look for herself, then approved my plans without changes. Also, LPC was quite reasonable, permitting the addition of some equipment that definitely did not exist in the 1800s. We expected this process to take at least six weeks and expected some opposition; it took less than four, even though it was the holidays, and we got no hassle at all. Thanks, LPC.
Thank god for landmarked neighborhoods. You don’t like ’em, don’t buy in one. Me, I love them and I’m happy to play by the rules. Why? Because this won’t happen on my block:
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/11/14_months_later.php
10.15, feel free to go to the third world where you can do what you like. Thats why it looks the way it does.
Just another day in the Peoples Republic of Brooklyn.