Corner of Bond Street and Lafayette Street
NoHo Historic District

LPC Designation Report: Available as PDF.

Application is to install signage, mechanical equipment, and a rooftop terrace structure.

PDF presentation links:
LPC Presentation of 5/6/2025
Community Board Presentation of 4/10/2025

PAST HEARING/MEETING DATES and DECISIONS

LPC Public Hearing – May 6th, 2025
Approved in part/No action – Commissioners requested that the illuminated letters at the fourth-floor windows be removed from the scope. If the applicants wish to propose an alternate solution, they will need to return to a Public Meeting. The project was otherwise approved as presented.

Manhattan Community Board 2 Meeting – April 10th, 2025
CB Resolution Recommends:
A. Denial of the rooftop structure as excessively visible and visually discordant with the exceptional parapet; and
B. That although not a strictly landmarks issue, there is need for the previous BSA waiver to be evaluated in the context of the applicant’s plans for the roof; and
C. Denial of the linear interior light surround of 32 windows as being disrespectful to the visual integrity of this architecturally important NoHo building, noting that lighting technologies evolve faster than regulations of their appropriateness within Landmarked districts and that precedents with permanent effects on a district should be avoided; and
D. Denial of the 8 window sized screens, which have no precedent in the district on top floors, and which, like the proposed lining of the 32 windows, have a neon-like effect; and
E. Approval of the halo-lit signage on the ground floor on Lafayette and on Bond, as well as approval of the proposed blade signs vinyl signs, and replacement of the two Showfield’s metal inlays with new stone; and
F. Approval of the installation of the RTU and VRF units.

Please note: At this time, all LPC public hearings and meetings are hybrid. Members of the public may participate in person at the LPC Hearing Room, 253 Broadway, Second Floor, or virtually via Zoom and YouTube. For a video tutorial on how to participate virtually, click HERE.

View the video after a LPC hearing concludes: Videos of past LPC Hearings and Meetings can be found on their YouTube page. The LPC posts these videos about a week after the presentation. Videos include the applicant’s presentation, public testimony (for hearings only), and deliberation by the LPC commissioners.

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