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7 East 20th Street, application for repair and restoration of existing limestone building façade from sidewalk to third floor, repair and restoration of wood and beveled glass windows on 2nd floor, install new store front glazing system within existing
WHEREAS, The building located at 7 East 20th Street in the Ladies' Mile Historic District is a neo-Renaissance-Modern French style store and loft building, designed by William C. Frohne, constructed in 1907; and
WHEREAS, The building currently is occupied by commercial tenants on the first through fourth floors, and is occupied by residential tenants on the fifth through fourteenth floors; and
WHEREAS, There have been previous alterations to the ground level, which have included installation of commercial aluminum doors at the west-building entrance and at the east-retail space entrance, and the partial blackening out of the storefront window, which have not been sympathetic to the original design; and
WHEREAS, The future tenant of the first and second floors and applicant, Waterworks, and their architect, Taylor Associates, now seek to execute the repair and restoration of the existing limestone facade from sidewalk to third floor, to repair and restore the wood and beveled glass windows on the second floor, to install a new storefront glazing system within the existing masonry, and to install new painted metal and glass entry doors with transom windows; and
WHEREAS, Signage for Waterworks plumbing & fixtures retail showroom will be 8-1/2" high pin-mounted white glass letters above the storefront, vinyl appliqué lettering applied to the new transom window, and a new bracket sign mounted to an existing masonry pilaster; and
WHEREAS, The installation of new painted metal and glass entry doors, are in accordance with current codes on accessibility; and
WHEREAS, The design of the new storefront glazing system within the existing masonry, and new painted metal and glass entry doors with transom windows is somewhat sympathetic to the original design; therefore be it
Resolved, That Community Board Five recommends approval of the application for the repair and restoration of the existing limestone facade from sidewalk to third floor, repair and restoration of the wood and beveled glass windows on the second floor, installation of new storefront glazing system within the existing masonry, installation of new painted metal and glass entry doors with transom windows.
The above resolution passed with a vote of 26 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention.