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600 Fifth Avenue and 1 Rockefeller Plaza – applications to install storefront infill and signage
WHEREAS, 600 Fifth Avenue (between 48th and 49th Streets) and 1 Rockefeller Plaza (between 48th and 49th Streets) have made an application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to install storefront infill and modify certain signage, and since both buildings are adjacent individual landmarks in Rockefeller Center, the Board determined to treat the two applications together; and
WHEREAS, On the 49th Street side of 600 Fifth Avenue, the north façade and the western return of the façade will be modified as follows:
- removing the existing bronze signage panel over the storefront and replacing the doorway with a bronze revolving door and two ADA-compliant swing doors; and
- installing two new storefront windows and a new window on the western façade and removing the non-original, illuminated sign boxes above the windows and installing over each of the three windows, a new black-back painted glass sign band with bronze letters matching other typical Rockefeller Center storefronts, while maintaining the existing outer bronze frame and sill; and
WHEREAS, On the 48th Street side of 600 Fifth Avenue, the storefront at the western end of the façade will be modified as follows:
- installing over the storefront, a new black-back painted glass sign band with bronze letters matching other typical Rockefeller Center storefronts, while maintaining the existing side windows and the outer bronze frame and sill and the original storefront planters; and
- replacing the existing window above the doorway with a window and frame to match the existing windows on each side of the storefront; and
WHEREAS, On the 48th Street side of 1 Rockefeller Plaza, the storefront at the eastern end of the façade will be modified as follows:
- replacing the existing all glass storefront door with a new bronze and glass door similar to the storefront doors throughout Rockefeller Center; and
- replacing the existing street level divided window with a new single window and frame to match the existing windows at 1 Rockefeller Plaza; and
- installing over the storefront and the street level window, a new black-back painted glass sign band with bronze letters matching other typical Rockefeller Center storefronts, while maintaining the existing glass windows over the new signage; and
WHEREAS, The proposed changes to the storefronts, signage, and windows at 600 Fifth Avenue and 1 Rockefeller Plaza are similar to and harmonious with the existing storefronts, signage, and windows in Rockefeller Center and such changes improve the façades of 600 Fifth Avenue and 1 Rockefeller Plaza; therefore be it
RESOLVED, that Community Board Five recommends approval of the application for the modification of certain of the storefronts, signage, and windows at 600 Fifth Avenue and 1 Rockefeller Plaza.
The above resolution passed by a vote of 25 in favor; 0 opposed; 0 abstention.