West 3rd Street between 6th Avenue and MacDougal Street
South Village Historic District
LPC Designation Report: Available as PDF.
Application is to construct rooftop additions, demolish the rear of the building to create a courtyard with new rear facades and connector, reconstruct lot-line walls and floor slabs, alter the ground floors and install new infill, and enlarge existing windows and create new window openings.
PDF Presentation Links:
LPC Presentation of 3/25/2025
LPC Presentation of 1/28/2025
Community Board Presentation of 1/16/2025
Community Board Presentation of 10/18/2021
PAST HEARING/MEETING DATES and DECISIONS
LPC Public Meeting – March 11th, 2025
APPROVED
LPC Public Hearing – January 28th, 2025
No Action: Commissioners were supportive of the project overall, including the adaptive reuse of the building, the demolition of a portion of the building and construction of a courtyard at its center, reconfiguring space on the roof, and reconfiguring masonry openings. The applicants were asked to rethink certain aspects of the rooftop additions and the ground floor modifications, to better recall historic typology and relate more to the character of the district, including considering solid-to-void ratio of the facades and the materiality and details of the rooftop additions. More information was also requested regarding the details of storefronts and signage. The applicants will need to return to a LPC Public Meeting to present revisions to their proposal at a future date to be announced.
Community Board 2 Meeting – January 16th, 2025
CB Resolution Recommends:
A. Approval of the 3rd Street facade restoration, retaining of the sign, and the residential windows; and
B. Denial of what is in essence the demolition of the existing 3rd Street ground floor facade with its distinctive large garage entrances and the addition of generic, modern fittings into new smaller bays, and denial of any arrangement that does not preserve the distinctive historic existing garage openings; and
C. Denial of the highly visible starkly modern two-story addition which may be acceptable for visibility as a one-story addition and in a design with historic references, especially the finish and windows; and
D. Denial of the Minetta Lane one story addition in that it is highly visible, as would be any rooftop addition to his portion of the building, from Minetta Street, an intimate and unique corner of the district; and
E. Approval with reservations of the very minimally visible courtyard which could be improved with fenestration more suitable to the historic buildings; and
F. Denial of the non-historic fenestration of the Minetta Street carriage entrances unless it is in a design that recalls the historic doors with considerably less glazing; and
G. That the Minetta Street facade be in restored unpainted brick; and
H. Approval of the Minetta Street upper floor opening and addition of windows matching the historic design.
Community Board 2 Meeting – December 16th, 2021
LAID OVER
Community Board 2 Meeting – October 18th, 2021
LAID OVER
Please note: At this time, all LPC public hearings and meetings are hybrid. Members of the public may participate in-person at the Municipal Building (1 Centre Street, 9th Floor Public Hearing Room), 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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