9 West 29th Street (between 5th Avenue and Broadway), proposed request to landmark building.
At the scheduled monthly meeting of Community Board Five on Thursday, May 09, 2013, the Board passed the following resolution by a vote of 30 in favor; 6 opposed; 1 abstaining:
WHEREAS, 9 West 29th Street (between 5th Avenue and Broadway), is an 1857 row house with a cast iron front added in 1900-01, designed by the architects, John B. Snook & Sons; and
WHEREAS, Prior to its alteration, it had been used as a clubhouse and hosted meetings of the Bar Association before it moved to its current location; and
WHEREAS, This 4-story neo-Renaissance style loft and retail building is a distinctive representative of this type of design and is deemed worthy of preservation; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five requests an Evaluation by LPC for consideration of Landmark Designation for 9 West 29th Street (between 5th Avenue and Broadway).