Washington Street and Gansevoort Street
Gansevoort Market Historic District

LPC Designation Report: Available as PDF.

Application is to modify masonry openings and install storefront infill.

PDF presentation links:
LPC Presentation of 3/25/2025
LPC Presentation of 3/4/2025
Community Board Presentation of 2/13/2025

UPCOMING HEARING/MEETING(S):

LPC Public Meeting – March 25th, 2025
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  • To submit written testimony of any length, email it to testimony@lpc.nyc.gov by 12:00 noon on the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested testimony guidelines from Village Preservation.
  • Members of the public have the option to attend the hybrid hearing virtually or in person. LPC hearings are held at 1 Centre Street, 9th floor. To watch the hearing livestream on YouTube, click HERE. LPC recommends that you start watching approx. one hour prior to the posted time, in case of schedule changes. If you are planning to testify, you will need to join on Zoom when the item is announced, via the link found on this site: https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

NOTE: Public attendance and testimony are welcome, and a public hearing/meeting is often the last opportunity for public comment. Following the hearing, the Commission will officially vote to approve or deny the application, or ask that the applicant return at a later date with revisions.

**All information and timings are subject to change. Items can sometimes be postponed (laid over) for a future date. Check back here or sign up to receive notifications for this project.

PAST HEARING/MEETING DATES and DECISIONS

LPC Public Hearing – March 4th, 2025
NO ACTION – Commissioners suggested alternatives for the Gansevoort Street facade to retain more of the historic brickwork, while allowing for larger storefront display windows, such as dropping some of the existing sills, and combining two instead of three of the openings. Applicants will return with a revised scheme for this facade; the rest of the proposal was approved as is.

Community Board 2 Meeting – February 13th, 2025
CB Resolution Recommends:
A. Approval of the Washington Street infill and the three similar bays on Gansevoort Street; and
B. Approval of the transom and hanging signs, provided that they match the approved signs elsewhere in the building; and
C. Denial of the plate glass windows and door on the Gansevoort Street facade that removes an inordinate amount of historic material and erases the appearance of a clearly secondary facade; and
D. That there be a replacement design that respects the quality of a secondary facade and that the design be seen by the CB2 Landmarks Committee for review and a recommendation before being considered by the Commission.

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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