Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Thursday, February 23, 2023

The one where the Council moved to landmark Julius' Bar, the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and a Bronx vocational school in

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A Brooklyn homeowner who started fighting for her block in 2016 finally got her hearing: the landmarks subcommittee took up the Melrose Parkside Historic District alongside four LPC designations rich with civil-rights history. Julius' Bar, where the 1965 Mattachine Society staged its 'Sip-In', and the Lesbian Herstory Archives , the city's first landmark tied to lesbian history , drew more than 200 letters of support. The LPC's Kate Lemos McHale walked members through each site; a council member pressed on whether landmark status raises upkeep costs (answer: it doesn't force changes). Two Quee

From the room

“I am in support of the historic landmark designation of the Samuel Gompers Industrial High School. This building was constructed in 1931 slash 1932”
— Farah N. Louis

“I will now read remarks from Council Member Hanif. I am proud today to offer my support for landmark designation of the Lesbian Hearst Stories Archives”
— Farah N. Louis

“In accordance with section 1732 of PAL, the SEA submitted the proposed site plan to the mayor and city council by letter dated February 17, 2023”
— Kelly Murphy

“I would like to commend the applicant team for their consideration of the history of Flatbush. I'm pleased to support the designation of this block”
— Rita C. Joseph

The decisions

01LU 0167-2023N 230154 HIKUrban RenewalApproved

484 14th Street

The commission heard the case for landmarking 484 14th Street in Park Slope, home of the Lesbian Herstory Archives since 1991 and positioned as the city's first landmark designated specifically for LGBTQ significance. Founded in 1974 by activists including Joan Nestle and Deborah Edel, the archive holds the personal and professional papers of lesbians from diverse communities, including the poet and activist Audre Lorde.

The proposal

Site

484 14th Street

District

District 39

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties484 14th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0170-2023N 230166 HIXApproved

Mott Haven

Presented for landmark designation was Samuel Gompers Industrial High School in the Bronx, a mid-1920s civic structure by architect William H. Gompert whose design reflected a curriculum focused on the study of electricity. The Wall Street Journal noted it opened in 1935 with one of the most extensive complements of electrical laboratories ever provided for such an institution; its student body shifted to predominantly Black and Latino by the early 1970s, with Grandmaster Flash among its graduates, making it one of the city's most distinctive public high schools.

The proposal

Site

Mott Haven

District

District 8

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

PropertiesMott Haven

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0171-2023N 230167 HIMApproved

186 WAVERLY PLACE

The commission heard the case for individually landmarking Julius' bar, called the city's most significant site of pre-Stonewall LGBTQ activism for the 1966 Sip-In, when Mattachine Society activists Dick Leitsch, Craig Rodwell, and John Timmons staged a planned demonstration on April 21st against the State Liquor Authority's practice of revoking licenses from bars serving gay patrons. A sympathetic Village Voice account and a New York Times article that coined the term 'sip-in' followed, and the designation was framed as cementing the protest's place in gay rights history much as the 2015 Ston

The proposal

Site

186 WAVERLY PLACE

District

District 3

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties186 WAVERLY PLACE

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0175-2023N 230177 HKKApproved

DL-530, LP-2664

Presented was the proposed Melrose Parkside Historic District in Flatbush, a cohesive group of 38 architecturally significant single- and two-family duplex row houses built between 1909 and 1915 by developer William Arthur Alexander Brown. Identified through surveys and at the request of property owners, the district was praised by LPC for the quality and consistency of its architecture and for an active block association with excellent stewardship, in an area that became a center of the city's Afro-Caribbean community by the mid-20th century.

Conditions

Landmark designation does not require owner consent under the landmarks law, but obligates owners to put projects through an LPC review process.

Opposition & support

Some property owners were concerned about regulation and oppose the Melrose Parkside designation; all of that record is in the designation report.

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0176-2023G 220027 SCQApproved

23-10 43rd Avenue

The commission took up the pre-considered site selection for a roughly 547-seat new primary school at 23-10 43rd Avenue in Court Square/Long Island City, Queens.

The proposal

Site

23-10 43rd Avenue

Land-use review

CB Queens Community Board No. 2

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties23-10 43rd Avenue

Legislation →ULURP case →

06LU 0177-2023G 220028 SCQApproved

13-20 124th Street

Heard alongside it was a second pre-considered site selection, this one for a roughly 659-seat new high school at 13-20 124th Street in College Point, Queens.

The proposal

Site

13-20 124th Street

Land-use review

CB Queens Community Board No. 7

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties13-20 124th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The people

On the dais · 1

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Public testimony: 10 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Kate Lemos McHale · Rita C. Joseph · Amanda Davis

The intelligence

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Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Thursday, February 23, 2023

The one where the Council moved to landmark Julius' Bar, the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and a Bronx vocational school in

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From the room

“I am in support of the historic landmark designation of the Samuel Gompers Industrial High School. This building was constructed in 1931 slash 1932”
— Farah N. Louis

“I will now read remarks from Council Member Hanif. I am proud today to offer my support for landmark designation of the Lesbian Hearst Stories Archives”
— Farah N. Louis

“In accordance with section 1732 of PAL, the SEA submitted the proposed site plan to the mayor and city council by letter dated February 17, 2023”
— Kelly Murphy

“I would like to commend the applicant team for their consideration of the history of Flatbush. I'm pleased to support the designation of this block”
— Rita C. Joseph

The decisions

01LU 0167-2023N 230154 HIKUrban RenewalApproved

484 14th Street

The proposal

Site

484 14th Street

District

District 39

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties484 14th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0170-2023N 230166 HIXApproved

Mott Haven

The proposal

Site

Mott Haven

District

District 8

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

PropertiesMott Haven

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0171-2023N 230167 HIMApproved

186 WAVERLY PLACE

The proposal

Site

186 WAVERLY PLACE

District

District 3

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties186 WAVERLY PLACE

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0175-2023N 230177 HKKApproved

DL-530, LP-2664

Conditions

Landmark designation does not require owner consent under the landmarks law, but obligates owners to put projects through an LPC review process.

Opposition & support

Some property owners were concerned about regulation and oppose the Melrose Parkside designation; all of that record is in the designation report.

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0176-2023G 220027 SCQApproved

23-10 43rd Avenue

The commission took up the pre-considered site selection for a roughly 547-seat new primary school at 23-10 43rd Avenue in Court Square/Long Island City, Queens.

The proposal

Site

23-10 43rd Avenue

Land-use review

CB Queens Community Board No. 2

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties23-10 43rd Avenue

Legislation →ULURP case →

06LU 0177-2023G 220028 SCQApproved

13-20 124th Street

Heard alongside it was a second pre-considered site selection, this one for a roughly 659-seat new high school at 13-20 124th Street in College Point, Queens.

The proposal

Site

13-20 124th Street

Land-use review

CB Queens Community Board No. 7

Subcommittee action

Christopher Marte Farah N. Louis Inna Vernikov Oswald J. Feliz Sandra Ung Sandy Nurse

Properties13-20 124th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The people

On the dais · 1

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Public testimony: 10 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Kate Lemos McHale · Rita C. Joseph · Amanda Davis

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

Sign in for the full graph

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

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