Harry Kendall of BKSK architects made a presentation last night to the Landmarks Committee of Community Board 1 of an expansion of 77 Reade Street that would create a residential condominium development with 31 apartments and two commercial condominiums.
The project would add two levels to the 6-story existing building with 15-foot and 20-foot setbacks and carve out side yards in the middle of the lot.
The building would be faced with a warm beige-gray sandstone and have metal "eyebrows' above the windows that project about 6 inches.
BKSK's other projects downtown have included 116 Hudson Street, the Hubert, Fisher Mills Condominiums, the Duane Park Building and 138 Reade Street.
The committee voted to recommend that the Landmarks Preservation Commission approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project's horizontal enlargemenmt and partial rooftop addition by a vote of 6 in favor and one abstention.
At the same meeting, the committee was presented with plans to install "a new storefront infill" at 78 Leonard Street in TriBeCa. The co-chairs of the committee, Roger Byrom and Bruce Ehrmann found the proposal inappropriate for what Mr. Ehrmann called "this little gem, a 19th Century masterpiece."
They were surprised to learn that the storefront was to be used as a temporary sales office for a new condominium project near the entrance of Prospect Park in Brooklyn that has been designed by the architectural firm of Richard Meier, which Mr. Ehrmann declared was "one of the great architectural firms in the universe.
Mr. Byrom said that the modern glass design for the storefront "stands out as a sore thumb" and Mr. and Mr. Ehrmann urged that the applicant "come back."
The project would add two levels to the 6-story existing building with 15-foot and 20-foot setbacks and carve out side yards in the middle of the lot.
The building would be faced with a warm beige-gray sandstone and have metal "eyebrows' above the windows that project about 6 inches.
BKSK's other projects downtown have included 116 Hudson Street, the Hubert, Fisher Mills Condominiums, the Duane Park Building and 138 Reade Street.
The committee voted to recommend that the Landmarks Preservation Commission approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project's horizontal enlargemenmt and partial rooftop addition by a vote of 6 in favor and one abstention.
At the same meeting, the committee was presented with plans to install "a new storefront infill" at 78 Leonard Street in TriBeCa. The co-chairs of the committee, Roger Byrom and Bruce Ehrmann found the proposal inappropriate for what Mr. Ehrmann called "this little gem, a 19th Century masterpiece."
They were surprised to learn that the storefront was to be used as a temporary sales office for a new condominium project near the entrance of Prospect Park in Brooklyn that has been designed by the architectural firm of Richard Meier, which Mr. Ehrmann declared was "one of the great architectural firms in the universe.
Mr. Byrom said that the modern glass design for the storefront "stands out as a sore thumb" and Mr. and Mr. Ehrmann urged that the applicant "come back."
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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