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A subcommittee quietly waved through three preservation items, but the star was the banking room of 1 Wall Street , a 1931 Art Deco showpiece whose mosaic tiles fade from warm red at the floor upward, designed to feel inviting against cold marble. The LPC's Margaret Herman walked members through its pedigree (architect Ralph Walker, muralist Hildreth Meiere) and noted the city has protected only 123 interiors ever. No one opposed it; Community Board 1 backed it; a member called it 'a beautiful building.' Earlier, Council Member Yusef Salaam spoke with 'great pride' on a Harlem affordable-housi
land use number 148, the landmarks preservation commission's proposed designation of one Wall Street banking room interior
“Welcome to the hearing on a subcommittee on land on landmarks, public sightings and dispositions”
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“With a vote of five and the affirmative, zero and the negative and zero abstentions, the items are adopted”
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a one new mixed-use building including two nine-story towers containing affordable housing units
Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Plaza moved forward, clearing the way for a new mixed-use building anchored by two nine-story affordable-housing towers in Council Member Salaam's district. The deal pairs HPD's Extremely Low and Low-Income Affordability Program units with new community-facility space reserved for the site's existing African vendors.
Took up the proposed designation of the Willoughby Hart Historic District in Council Member Osse's Brooklyn district, an action that would establish landmark protection across the district.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's interior-landmark designation for the 1 Wall Street Banking Room came before the committee for review, in Council Member Marte's Manhattan district. The action would lock landmark protection onto the historic banking-room interior of the Art Deco tower.
No one spoke in opposition to the 1 Wall Street Banking Room Interior designation at the LPC public hearing; building owner and Community Board One spoke in favor, along with the International Hildreth Mier Association, Art Deco Society, NY Landmarks Conservancy, and Historic Districts Council
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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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