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1123 and 1133 Broadway, application for installation of rooftop tanks.
At the regularly scheduled monthly Community Board Five meeting on Thursday, September 09, 2021, the following resolution passed with a vote of 33 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining:
WHEREAS, The building located at 1123 Broadway and the building located at 1133 Broadway (“Applicant) are in the Madison Square Park North Historic District and are under common ownership; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant is requesting a Certificate of Appropriateness to erect two water towers for fire sprinkler service on the roof of 1123 Broadway and two water towers for fire sprinkler service on the roof 1133 Broadway; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant has demonstrated using rooftop mock-ups that that the proposed towers will not significantly impinge on views from ground level of the roof line of either building; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant will employ traditional New York City wooden rooftop tank materials and construction methods for the water tanks; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant has demonstrated that the new rooftop water tanks will seamlessly join the forest of existing wooden rooftop water tanks in the Historic District therefore, be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed rooftop water tanks at 1123 Broadway and 1133 Broadway.