Public Design Commission Annual Report

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17118

Design of a master plan for the reconstruction of Betsy Head Park, Blake Avenue, Bristol Street, Dumont Avenue, and Thomas S. Boyland Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Design

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17120

Reconstruction of athletic courts, including basketball courts and skate park, as Phase I of the reconstruction of Betsy Head Park, Blake Avenue, Bristol Street, Dumont Avenue, and Thomas S. Boyland Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17124

Rehabilitation of the Hansborough Recreation Center, 35 West 134th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17128

Construction of a plaza and adjacent site work, Newtown Playground, 56th Avenue and 92nd Street, Elmhurst, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Withdrawn

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17130

Construction of a segment of the Bronx River Greenway, Shoelace Park, between 211th Street, 229th Street, Bronx Boulevard, and the Bronx River, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17137

Installation of a long range charging mast and two electrical equipment enclosures as a pilot of an electric bus program ("All Electric Bus"), Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, Havemeyer Street, Broadway, and Roebling Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

NYCT

Public

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17138

Construction of a prototypical comfort station and adjacent site work, Greencroft Playground, Greencroft Avenue between Ainsworth Avenue and Redgrave Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17145

Installation of a guardrail and bulkhead facade, Brooklyn District 12 Garage, 5601 19th Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DSNY

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17147

Installation of a planted area and masonry wall, 3758 Bayview Avenue, Seaview Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Private

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17148

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 1335 6th Avenue, southwest corner of 6th Avenue and West 54th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Public and Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Withdrawn

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17165

Installation of a plaque, Sheldon Avenue Bluebelt, Sweet Brook watershed, Staten Island

Staten Island

DDC

DEP

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17167

Installation of security bollards, Phase II, Moynihan Station (former Farley Post Office), 421 Eighth Avenue, 31st Street and 33rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Public

Architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17169

Installation of windows, louvers, and exhaust vent, 345 Adams Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DCAS

Private

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Withdrawn

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17171

Reconstruction of the New York City Police Substation (formerly Times Square Sweep-up Booth, formerly Times Square Information Booth), Broadway and 43rd Street, 43rd Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

NYPD

Public

Architecture

Renovation

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17177

Reconstruction of Abraham Lincoln Playground, East 135th Street, between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17181

Reconstruction of Callahan-Kelly Park, Broadway Junction, Van Sinderen Avenue, Truxton Street, Eastern Parkway, and Fulton Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17182

Reconstruction of CC Moore Homestead Park, Broadway, 45th Avenue, 82nd Street, Elmhurst, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17183

Reconstruction of Hallets Cove Playground, Vernon Boulevard between Welling Court and 30th Road, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17185

Reconstruction of LaGuardia Playground, (formerly George Washington Monument Park), Havemeyer Street, South 5th Street, Roebling Street, South 4th Street, Borinquen Place, at the Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17186

Installation of electrical equipment, fencing, security booth, and turnstile enclosure to accommodate citywide ferry service, Dock 72, Market Street between 6th Street and Assembly Road, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Public and Private

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17187

Reconstruction of the northwest tower, 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

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17190

Reconstruction of a plaza and adjacent site work, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens, Queens

Queens

DDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17195

Rehabilitation of the East 180th Street Bridge, Metro North Park Avenue viaduct and East 180th Street, Bronx

Bronx

DOT

Public

Bridge

Rehabilitation

Approved

2

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17202

Conservation of William Cullen Bryant (1911) by Herbert Adams, Bryant Park, 42nd Street, 5th Avenue, 40th Street, and 6th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17217

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 402 Park Avenue South, southwest corner of Park Avenue South and East 28th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17218

Installation of sidewalk planters, 224 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Private

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17220

Renovation of Hamilton Fish Park Branch Library, 415 East Houston Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DDC

NYPL

Public

Architecture

Renovation

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17221

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 160 Madison Avenue, northwest corner of Madison Avenue and East 32nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17222

Rehabilitation of the Remsen Avenue Yard building, 855 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DDC

DEP

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17223

Installation of a soccer sealcoat field, P.S. 19, 98-02 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, Queens

Queens

DOE

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17224

Reconstruction of Seward Park, including the library plaza and garden, East Broadway, Canal Street, and Essex Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17225

Installation of a soccer sealcoat field, Triborough Bridge Playground, Hoyt Avenue North, 23rd Street, Hoyt Avenue South, and 24th Street, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17226

Rehabilitation of La Marqueta and La Placita, Park Avenue between East 114th Street and East 116th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Approved with conditions

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17227

Reconstruction of a playground, Success Academy Charter School, P.S. 175, 175 West 134th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOE

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17228

Reconstruction of the Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCLA

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17229

Conservation of Alexander Hamilton (circa 1940) by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCLA

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved with conditions

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17230

Conservation of DeWitt Clinton (circa 1940) by Adolph Alexander Weinman, Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCLA

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved with conditions

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17231

Installation of Sunbather by Ohad Meromi, Jackson Avenue at 43rd Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

Queens

DCLA%

EDC/DOT

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17232

Construction of a water quality monitoring station, Shaft 7, Sedgwick Avenue, and West 167th Street, Bronx

Bronx

DEP

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17233

Installation of a staircase and elevator, and reconstruction of an entrance plaza, High Line, West 17th Street, West 18th Street, 10th Avenue, and 11th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17234

Reconstruction of an entrance and adjacent site work, Madison Square Park, Broadway, and 24th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17235

Conservation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and renovation of the surrounding plaza, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza (formerly Jeanette Park), Water Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17236

Reconstruction of East 108th Street, Bernard Family Playground, East 108th Street and 5th Avenue, Central Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

CPC

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17237

Reconstruction of BAM Park, Fulton Street, Lafayette Avenue, and Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17238

Installation of signage, Sponge Park, Second Street and the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

DEP

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17239

Reinstallation procedures for the Bolotowsky and Swinden murals, Cornell Tech

Manhattan

EDC

Public and Private

Artwork

Relocation

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17240

Installation of a mechanical equipment and adjacent site work at the Rondout Pressure Tunnel Drainage Chamber Building, Marbletown, Ulster County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17241

Installation of mechanical equipment at a chlorination facility, Screen Chamber Building, Ashokan Reservoir, adjacent to Route 28A, Olive, Ulster County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17242

Installation of vent structures and adjacent site work along the Catskill Aqueduct between the Ashoken Reservoir, New Croton Reservoir, and Kensico Reservoir, Ulster County, Orange County, Putnam County, and Westchester County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-06-19T00:00:00.000

17243

Installation of nine distance markers, Astoria Park, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete