The Landmarks Preservation Commission last week approved revised plans for a residential development at 375 Lafayette St., aka 20 Great Jones St., in the NoHo Historic District Extension, per 6sqft.
The project, developed by Minskoff Equities and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), calls for a pair of high-rise rental buildings with up to 210 apartments, including up to 65 affordable units. The development will also include ground-floor retail space.
The 2021 SoHo/NoHo rezoning made the housing possible by allowing residential development on the site for the first time.
The project has gone through several iterations. When the latest version came before Landmarks earlier this year, commissioners raised concerns about its scale, exposed façades and how the building would fit within the historic district.
Community Board 2 also opposed the plans presented earlier this year, citing the project's size and design.
The revised SOM proposal addresses some of those concerns, including changes to the building's massing and façades. Landmarks approved the plans last Tuesday.
The nearly 20,000-square-foot corner lot has been an Edison parking lot since the early 1970s.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Great news! Any housing is better than a parking lot (before the inevitable, uninformed “luxury” housing whining begins)
ReplyDeleteYes! Yes! Yes!
ReplyDeleteA grossly over scaled thoroughly boring mass of a building, in a historic district no less—and thusly opposed by community boards and others. Two-thirds market rate apartments. We could and should do much much better.
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DeleteI'm quite tired of cynical "historical preservationists" acting like they care about affordable housing.
DeleteI’m tired of pro-real estate company voices using “we must have more housing” to discredit community concerns about, and discussions about poor design choices.
Delete@9:02am has it right, do better NYC! The "revision" was hardly that, just about no difference at all and all thoroughly opposed by the community. No step back or plaza that would make it just a little less hulking box plunked down into a historic neighborhood destroying sightlines. Never forget that the real estate industry including the REBNY is the largest lobbyist and political contributor in NYC.
ReplyDeleteThis is good news. More housing is what our city needs, especially since Elizabeth Street Garden was on the chopping block. Thankfully, it was saved.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Street garden was supposed to be a senior housing project, completely different animal.
DeleteAnyone who thinks this is about "affordable housing" should volunteer for a lobotomy.
ReplyDeleteGod bless the Real Estate Developers. Our true saviors.
ReplyDeleteGreat more cookie cutter apartments going for over $6,000 a month for privileged wiz kids working in the tech and financial industry. Just what the neighborhood needs.
ReplyDeleteQuestion:
ReplyDeletewhat is the rental amount for the “affordable “ units?
are they permanently affordable?
Isn’t NYC overpopulated enough? Pretty much every new structure is tall, so it’s a lot more humans. And some will have cars, and some will ride bikes. So the streets just become more and more chaotic. At least humans aren’t breeding as much these days, because technology has taken away their ability to socialize. Like!
ReplyDeleteI propose a very large unadorned poured concrete slab. $8000 a month to be locked down in cell style rooms, furnished with steel bunks and toilet sink combination units. More housing! Modern solutions for modern problems.
ReplyDeleteThey will build another giant box. This might be the worst architectural period in NYCs history. Only thing that’s worse is Robert Moses projects all over the city. I actually liked the parking lot it made that block feel a little more open
ReplyDeleteThis is about the City of Yes.... a gift by the politicians to their biggest contributors ... the real estate industry.
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