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New York Historical Society Tower
The New-York Historical Society wants to begin a $20 million renovation of its landmark building at 170 Central Park West that would also allow a developer to build a 23-story glass apartment tower that has 18 floors of condominium apartments behind the society’s museum and library. The apartment tower would be 280 feet high, doubling the 136-foot height of the current structure. The master plan calls for 70,000 feet of new program and office space for the society, as well as 120,000 square feet for residential use. The lead renovation architect is Paul Spencer Byard of Platt Byard Dovell White in Manhattan, and the proposal to potential developers specifies that a “star architect” be chosen to design the tower. The society is seeking a developer who would provide financing and construct not only the apartment tower and an extra floor atop its four-story building, but also a five-story annex that would rise above an adjacent empty lot it owns at 7-13 West 76th Street. The first phase is expected to start in the summer of 2007.
The society has approached the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which must approve changes to the exterior of the building between 76th and 77th Streets. The exterior has landmark status not only individually, but also as part of the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District and a smaller domain, the Central Park West-76th Street Historic District. The Department of City Planning must also sign off, and public hearings are expected. Opponents say the design is out of character for the historic area, fear the "domino effect" its erection would have on the Upper West Side, and feel that it is inappropriate to turn a historic landmark into profit-making real estate.
Landmarks Commission to Approve Historical Society Renovation
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 | New York Sun | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has signaled that they will approve the New York Historical Society’s plans to renovate its façade. While they have not yet officially voted for the proposal, officials have given the Society the “green light” to move ahead on plans to widen the main entrance, expand existing windows, add handicap ramps and install kiosks. Opponents remain convinced that this plan is simply part of a larger plan to build a large tower on top of the historic structure.
Landmarks Commission Delays Vote on NY Historical Society Renovations
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 | New York Sun | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
Plans to renovate the exterior of the New York Historical Society faced vocal opposition at yesterday’s Landmark Preservation Commission meeting. Dozens of residents of the Upper West Side as well as historic preservationist expressed fear that the proposed renovation is little more than a “Trojan Horse” that would usher in the residential tower the Society has separately proposed. Voting on the Society's proposal was postponed in favor of another public hearing.
Community Board Votes Against Historical Society Renovation
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 | New York Times | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
Community Board 7 voted 40 to 2 against the New York Historical Society’s plans to renovate the façade of their landmark building. The plan, which called for an expansion of the Society’s front door from 8 feet to 40 feet, was largely overshadowed by a separate plan to build a luxury apartment tower above the existing structure. The Society’s supporters insist that the plans are separate and that a new entrance is required to make the museum more accessible. The Board’s decision is only advisory, but is expected to influence the City Planning Commission’s eventual vote.
Historical Society’s Plans Meet With Opposition
Saturday, December 30, 2006 | New York Times | Topic: Land Use
Controversy continues to surround the New York Historical Society's plan for a $20 million renovation of the institution, as well as the construction of a fifth floor atop its roof and a glass apartment tower behind the society’s museum and library at 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets. The society has approached the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which must approve changes to the building’s neo-Classical exterior. In the first institutional opposition, the 13-member public policy committee of the New York Landmarks Conservancy rejected the society’s initial plan to renovate the 1908 building. The West 76th Street Park Block Association has also expressed concerns.
Nonprofits Play The Real Estate Game
Thursday, November 16, 2006 | New York Sun | Topic: Economic Development
The New York Sun reports on how New York City nonprofits are capitalizing on real estate holdings as a means of generating revenues. Selling properties and the sale of air rights are strategies being used by nonprofits. The Sun cites the New York Historical Society’s sale of air rights for a property adjacent to their main building as an especially lucrative deal.
Historical Society Proposes Tower On Upper West Side
Thursday, November 02, 2006 | New York Times | Topic: Economic Development
The New-York Historical Society has a $20 million renovation plan that would also allow a developer to build a 23-story glass apartment tower behind the society’s museum and library. The Historical Society will likely face stiff resistance from neighborhood residents who have opposed the society’s previous proposals. Any changes to the landmark building at 170 Central Park West must be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission which rejected one of the society’s development proposals in the 1980’s.