Public Design Commission Annual Report

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17304

Reconstruction of the East River Esplanade, Phase I, East 88th Street to East 90th Street and East 114th Street to East 115th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17305

Rehabilitation of a garage, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, adjacent to the Olmsted Center, Corona, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17306

Rehabilitation of the Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Public

Bridge

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17307

Rehabilitation of the Grand Concourse Bridge, including installation of M-poles, Grand Concourse between 151st Street and 153rd Street, Bronx

Bronx

DOT

Public

Bridge

Rehabilitation

Approved with conditions

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17308

Rehabilitation of the Manhattan Bridge, Manhattan and Brooklyn

Manhattan/Brooklyn

DOT

Public

Bridge

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17309

Rehabilitation of the Riverside Drive viaduct, including the installation of M-poles, Riverside Drive from West 153rd Street to West 161st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Public

Bridge

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17310

Relocation of two mosaics (1958) by Edward Meshekoff from the New York City Police Substation, Broadway and 43rd Street, 43rd Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue, Manhattan to the Candidate Assessment Center, 235 East 20th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

NYPD

Public

Artwork

Relocation

Rejected

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17311

Replication and conservation of Fame, part of the Louis J. Heintz Memorial (1905) by Pierre Fietu, Joyce Kilmer Park, East 164th Street, Walton Avenue and Grand Concourse, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved with conditions

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17312

Reconstruction of a playground, including the installation of an artificial turf field and construction of a prototypical comfort station, Highbridge Park, Edgecombe Avenue, West 163rd to West 168th Street, and West 175th Street to West 176th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17313

Reconstruction of Plimpton Playground, West 172nd Street, Plimpton Avenue, and Edward L. Grant Highway, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17314

Construction of a playground, plaza, and adjacent site work, Faber Park, Richmond Terrace between Sharpe Avenue and Faber Street, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

17315

Reconstruction of Hugh J. Grant Circle and Virginia Park, White Plains Road, Westchester Avenue, and the Cross Bronx Expressway, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-07-17T00:00:00.000

18184

Installation of a fence and planted area, 48 East 82nd Street, 82nd Street between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Private

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

6820

Rehabilitation of the Shaft 9 gatehouse and adjacent site work, New Croton Aqueduct, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Found incomplete

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

6821

Rehabilitation of the Shaft 11A headhouse and adjacent site work, New Croton Aqueduct, White Plains Road, Greenburgh, Westchester County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Found incomplete

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

6822

Rehabilitation of the Shaft 18 gatehouse and adjacent site work, New Croton Aqueduct, Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, Westchester County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Found incomplete

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

6823

Rehabilitation of the Shaft 23 headhouse and adjacent site work, New Croton Aqueduct, West Burnside Avenue, University Heights

Upstate

DEP

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Found incomplete

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

6824

Rehabilitation of the Shaft 25 headhouse and adjacent site work, New Croton Aqueduct, Highbridge Park

Upstate

DEP

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Found incomplete

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

7417

Installation of streetscape improvements, Manhattanville/West Harlem, 125th Street between Marginal Street and Old Broadway, Old Broadway between 125th Street and 126th Street, Broadway between 124th Street and 126th Street and St. Claire Place between West 125th Street and Marginal Street

Manhattan

EDC

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

7500

Restoration of an entrance, West New Brighton Branch Library, 976 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

DDC

Public

Architecture

Restoration

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

7674

Reconstruction of J.J. Byrne Playground, Washington Park, Fifth Avenue, Third Street, Fourth Avenue, and Fourth Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

7964

Construction of Cary Leeds Tennis Center, including a clubhouse, Crotona Park, Crotona Park South, Crotona Park East, Crotona Park North and Fulton Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

7968

Rehabilitation of 1400 Williamsbridge Road (formerly the Westchester Square Municipal Courthouse), Bronx

Bronx

DDC

DOT

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

8086

Reconstruction of the Staten Island Animal Care Facility, 3139 Veterans Road West, Staten Island

Staten Island

DDC

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

8522

Reconstruction of a bridge over Sugar Loaf Creek, Country Road 153, Neversink, Sullivan County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Bridge

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

9184

Reconstruction of the playground and spray shower, Evergreen Park, adjacent to Public School 68, St. Felix Place, Seneca Avenue and 75th Avenue, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

9374

Reconstruction of Glendale Memorial Triangle, Myrtle Avenue, Cooper Avenue and 70th Street, Queens

Queens

DDC

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12125

Reconstruction of a nature center and adjacent site work, West 218th Street and Indian Road, Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12221

Reconstruction of Waterside Pier, Phase IA, East River Waterfront between East 38th Street and East 41st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12236

Deconstruction of Lighthouse and Bridge on Staten Island (1996) by Siah Armajani, North Shore Esplanade, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and former U.S. Coast Guard Light House Depot, Staten Island

Staten Island

DOT

DCLA%

Public

Artwork

Demolition

Approved with conditions

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12404

Installation of rooftop mechanical equipment, Engine Company 5, 340 East 14th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

FDNY

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12488

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 1441 Second Avenue, northwest corner of East 75th Street and Second Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12489

Reconstruction of Gate Houses No. 2 and 3 and restoration of Gate House No. 7, Jerome Park Reservoir, Sedgwick Avenue, Goulden Avenue and Reservoir Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DEP

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

12904

Preservation and adaptive reuse of the West 69th Street Transfer Bridge, Phase II, Riverside South Park, West 69th Street at the Hudson River, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

13438

Reconstruction of Ranaqua Park, adjacent to P.S. 43, East 135th Street and East 136th Street between Willis Avenue and Brown Place, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

15635

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, York Avenue and East 75th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

15645

Installation of an exhaust fan and HVAC equipment, Washington Heights Branch Library, 1000 St. Nicholas Avenue at West 160th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

NYPL

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

16506

Installation of aboveground storage tanks, 58-62 53rd Avenue, Betts Avenue Incinerator, Queens

Queens

DDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

16771

Installation of flood barriers, Hunts Point Water Pollution Control Plant, East River near Halleck Road and Ryawa Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

NYCEM

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

16852

Construction of an executive education center and hotel as part of Phase I of the construction of Cornell University/Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's applied sciences campus, Roosevelt Island, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17017

Installation of interim flood protection measures, 44-36 Vernon Boulevard, 5-40 44th Drive, Long Island City, Queens

Queens

NYCEM

DOT/DCAS/DOE

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17019

Installation of interim flood protection measures, Astoria Houses, 4-21 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, Queens

Queens

NYCEM

DOT/DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17031

Reconstruction of the East Flatbush Library, 9612 Church Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DDC

BPL

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

3

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17052

Restoration of a greenhouse (Palm House), Forest Park, 88th Lane between Myrtle Avenue and Forest Park Drive, Forest Hills, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Architecture

Restoration

Approved

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17055

Construction of a natural gas piping station and adjacent site work, Flushing Avenue between North Elliott Place and North Portland Avenue, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Private

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

3

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17056

Reconstruction of a path leading to the Belvedere Castle, Central Park, north of the 79th Street Transverse Road between East Drive and West Drive, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

CPC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Reconstruction

Withdrawn

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17066

Installation of interim flood protection measures, Mason Avenue Pumping Station, 949 Mason Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

NYCEM

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17096

Reconstruction of the Riverside Skate Park, Riverside Park and West 108th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17102

Construction of a plaza and streetscape improvements, Park Avenue viaduct between East 124th Street and East 126th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

3

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17114

Renovation of a recreation center, St. Mary's Park, St. Anne's Avenue between East 145th Street and East 144th Street, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Architecture

Renovation

Approved with conditions

3