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130 Fifth Avenue, proposed application for replacement of the storefronts on West 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, installation of one motion-activated, sliding door system at the eastern storefront on West 18th Street, and installation of new signage
At the regularly scheduled monthly Community Board Five meeting on Thursday, September 10, 2020, the following resolution passed with a vote of 40 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining:
WHEREAS, 130 Fifth Avenue is an 11-story office and storefront building located at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 18tn Street, in the Ladies Mile Historic District, built in 1903; and
WHEREAS, The applicant is ROC-Fifth Avenue Associates LLC; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to make alterations to storefronts and entrances on West 18th Street and Fifth Avenue; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to replace an existing service door on West 18th Street with a new service door of the same dimensions, and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to replace the remaining existing 3-pane windows with 5-pane windows; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to vertically align the new window panes with vertical elements in the existing knee wall; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to replace existing louvers with new louvers of the same dimensions; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to add non-illuminated white external signage; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to convert one window at the eastern storefront on West 18th Street into a motion-activated sliding door system, removing in the process the original window sill and masonry; and
WHEREAS, The applicant proposes to add bright interior lighting and lit signage consistent with CVS brand (white and red) that although located 18 inches inside the window, will bleed into the street and will impact the historic character of the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Although Community Board Five finds the proposed replacements of existing windows, door and louvers with new windows, door and louvers appropriate, the proposed motion-activated sliding door system is too modern, and is out of character and inappropriate for the building and the Ladies Mile Historic District; therefore be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends denial of the application by ROC-Fifth Avenue Associates, LLC for a certificate of appropriateness for alterations at 130 Fifth Avenue.