01LU 0813-2021Approved
TBK1002-Riseboro UDAAP and Article XI
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Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Wednesday, August 4, 2021
The one where the Landmarks Subcommittee met in person for the first time post-COVID — and landmarked a Washington Heigh
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Chair Kevin Riley opened the Landmarks Subcommittee's first in-person session since the governor lifted the COVID state of emergency. The headline designations: Holyrood Episcopal Church / Iglesia Santa Cruz, a 1916 Gothic Revival sanctuary that has anchored Washington Heights' Dominican community and run a new-sanctuary program for the vulnerable; and the Educational Building at 70 Fifth Avenue, the NAACP's national headquarters from 1914-1923 where Du Bois edited The Crisis and the anti-lynching movement took root. The subcommittee closed both hearings and approved them alongside two acceler
From the room
“The Landmarks Preservation Commission recommends the city council vote to uphold its designation”
— LPC presenter
“pursuant to section 3020 of the New York City Charter and Section 25-303 of the Administrative Code”
— Council Staff
“the response that came back was that it's cost prohibitive, it would be $1.3 million for an elevator”
— Council Member (S5)
“Kate Limos, Mikhail, and Andre Fabri will present on behalf of the Landmarks Preservation Commission”
— clerk
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The decisions
402LU 0814-2021Approved
TBK1002 MBD-UDAAP and Article XI
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03LU 0820-2021N 210467 HIMApproved
Manhattan Block 2176
The Landmarks Preservation Commission's application to designate Holyrood Episcopal Church / Iglesia Santa Cruz (Manhattan Block 2176, Lot 30) as a historic landmark drew unanimous public support, with all 15 people who testified speaking in favor. The Commission recommended the City Council vote to uphold the designation.
The proposal
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Manhattan Block 2176
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Land-use review
CB Manhattan Community Board 12
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PropertiesManhattan Block 2176
Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 12 ✓→Committee ✓→Full Council
04LU 0821-2021N 210468 HIMApproved
N 210468 HIM
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The proposal
Units
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Land-use review
CB Manhattan Community Board 2 Approve
Opposition & support
One person spoke in opposition to the designation; some speakers also testified in support of further landmark designations in Union Square area
Questions & answers
Kevin C. Riley: At over a hundred years old, why is this designation only now being considered?
Procedure
- Sergeants asked to start the recordings to open the remote hearing — Sergeant-at-Arms / Council Staff
- Welcome to the remote NYC Council subcommittee on landmarks, public sidings and dispositions — Council Staff
- Written testimony may be submitted to landuse testimony at council.nyc.gov — Council Staff
- Today: two designations of historic landmarks, plus a vote on those items and two accelerated UDAAPs heard at the June meeting — Kevin C. Riley
+2 more procedural steps
Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 2 ✓→Committee→Full Council
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The people
On the dais · 1
I. Daneek Miller
Public testimony: 4 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
Kate Lamos · Reverend Luis Barrios
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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.
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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. For this meeting: 69 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.