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2 Park Avenue, application for a certificate of appropriateness to install new water towers, construct an elevator bulkhead, and replace mechanical equipment on the roof, and replace mechanical equipment on the 27th floor setback roof..
WHEREAS, 2 Park Avenue is an office tower built in 1926-28 and designed by one of New York's foremost architects of the first half of the twentieth century, Ely Jacques Kahn of Buchman & Kahn; and
WHEREAS, The building was designated an individual landmark in 2006; and
WHEREAS, The applicant is proposing the following alterations that require a certificate of appropriateness:
- Remove decommissioned chiller located on the roof
- Install two new water tanks
- Install new chiller
- Build new elevator bulkhead; and
WHEREAS, The proposed new chiller will not be visible from Park Avenue and will be minimally visible from 31st Street; and
WHEREAS, The proposed new elevator bulkhead will not be visible from Park Avenue and will be minimally visible from 31st street; and
WHEREAS, The proposed two water tanks will be visible from Park Avenue as well as 31st street, and their presence is contextual with the south midtown district where the building is located, therefore be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the application for a certificate of appropriateness to install new water towers, construct an elevator bulkhead, replace mechanical equipment on the roof, and replace mechanical equipment on the 27th floor setback roof at 2 Park Avenue.