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30 West 21st Street, Ladies’ Mile Historic District, application to install storefront infill, create new window openings, construct a rooftop addition and a new building
WHEREAS, 30-32 West 21st Street, located between 5th and 6th Avenue in the Ladies' Mile Historic District, is a 12 story neo-Renaissance style store and loft building designed by Bushman & Fox and constructed in 1907; and
WHEREAS, The landmarked building is being converted for residential use on the upper floors and the application includes:
- Installation of historically appropriate storefront infill for the first floor commercial space
- Creation of new window openings that are the same proportion as existing windows and not visible from the public way
- Construction of a two-story rooftop addition topped by a stairway bulk head
- Construction of a six- story side addition in an adjacent empty lot on the west side of the building that responds to LPC input for historic compatibility; and
WHEREAS, The façade restoration will include the replacement of the missing 11th story and roof level cornices, and full cleaning of the façade by stripping paint that was added at a later date, returning the storefront entry to its original color; and
WHEREAS, Community Board Five would like to see the replaced cornices be cast-iron; and
WHEREAS, The side addition will re-establish the "street wall," and require the removal of an unsightly exterior stairway and metal door that opens to the empty lot; and
WHEREAS, Although the roof top addition is partially visible when viewed from the west approach to the building, as indicated in a mock-up of the roof top addition presented to Community Board Five; this factor is not deemed to be serious enough to detract from the other proposed property improvements that will benefit the Historic District; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval of the application to install storefront infill, create new window openings, construct a rooftop addition and a new building at 30 West 21st Street in the Ladies' Mile Historic District.
The above resolution passed with a vote of 21 in favor, 8 opposed, 1 abstention.