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Landmarks

June 2016, Landmarks Committee

23-27 West 17th Street and 18-22 West 18th Street - Ladies' Mile Historic District, Application for a certificate of appropriateness 18-6334 to install storefront infill and signage.

WHEREAS, 23-27 West 17th Street aka 18-22 West 18^th Street in The Ladies' Mile Historic District is a neo-Renaissance style store and loft building designed by George H. Anderson and built in 1906; and

WHEREAS, The applicant is proposing to restore and alter the 17^th street façade and the 18^th street façade, as follows:

23-27 W 17^th Street:

Clean repaint limestone base, restore wood frame storefront, install new sheet metal cornice to match original, install new painted sheet metal mansard roof and dormers to match existing

18-22 West 18^th Street:

Remove the non-historic metal cladding at the ground floor, new wood/glass doors and transom at both ends of ground floor, new store front to match 17^th Street storefront, new mesh louvers to replace existing at 2^nd and 3^rd floors, install new sheet metal cornice to match original, install new painted sheet metal mansard roof and dormers to match existing; and

WHEREAS, The applicant is proposing to apply an opaque collage style pseudo-historical fresco to block the view of mechanical equipment located at ground level on 17^th Street; and

WHEREAS, Materials and colors used are contextual and appropriate, therefore be it,

RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the application to restore and alter storefronts and facades at 23-27 West 17th Street and 18-22 West 18^th  Street.