Public Design Commission Annual Report

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17012

Construction of an adult fitness area, Inwood Hill Park, Dyckman Street and the Hudson River, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17013

Construction of two adult fitness areas, Alley Pond Park, 73rd Road and 224th Street, Union Turnpike and Winchester Boulevard, Oakland Gardens, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17014

Installation of an artificial turf field, Crotona Park, Crotona Park North at Prospect Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17015

Construction of the Putnam Rail Trail, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17016

Reconstruction of Astoria Health Playground, 14th Street between 31st Avenue and 31st Road, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17017

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

Queens

NYCEM

DCAS/DOT

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17018

Installation of interim flood protection measures, Rockaway Water Pollution Control Plant, Beach Channel Drive between Beach 104th Street and Beach 108th Street, Rockaway Park, Queens

Queens

NYCEM

DEP

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17019

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

Queens

NYCEM

DPR/DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17023

Installation of signage, Bronx Terminal Market, 700 Exterior Street, Bronx

Bronx

EDC

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

6431

Construction of a park, High Line elevated rail line, Phase II, West 20th Street to West 30th Street between Tenth Avenue and Eleventh Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

6527

Construction of the Elmhurst Community Library to replace an existing Carnegie Library and adjacent landscaping, 86-01 Broadway, Queens

Queens

DDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

6849

Construction of a waterfront park, Ferry Point Park, south of the golf course, Whitestone Bridge approach, Emerson Avenue, the East River

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7010

Installation of Shapes by Allan McCollum, Elmhurst Community Library, 86-01 Broadway, Queens

Queens

DDC

DLCA%

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7558

Construction of the Theatre for a New Audience as part of the BAM Cultural District master plan, Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

DCLA

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7580

Construction of the Public Safety Answering Center II (PSAC II), 350 Marconi Street (formerly 1200 Waters Place), Bronx

Bronx

DDC

Public

Architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7773

Reconstruction of Soundview Park, Phase I, including the reconstruction of a playground and ball courts and construction of a comfort station and performance lawn, Lafayette Avenue, Metcalf Avenue, Bronx River Avenue, the Bronx River and the East River, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7789

Reconstruction of a parking lot for Flushing Town Hall, 34-56 Linden Place, Queens

Queens

DDC

Private

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7865

Reconstruction of Playground 123, Phase I, Morningside Park, West 123rd Street and Morningside Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

7936

Reconstruction of a comfort station, St. Nicholas Park, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, West 130th Street and West 129th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

8515

Reconstruction of a pier, West 79th Street, adjacent to the Boat Basin, Riverside Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

8819

Reconstruction of the Riegelmann Boardwalk, Phase II, Brighton 15th Street to Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

8936

Installation of streetscape improvements, Center Street between Arthur Kill Road and St. Patrick's Place and Tysen Court and Court Place between Clarke Avenue and Richmond Road, Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island

Staten Island

DDC

DPR/DCLA

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

10425

Installation of rooftop mechanical equipment, Fort Washington Armory, 216 Fort Washington Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DHS

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

11357

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 87-51 Homelawn Street, northeast corner of Homelawn Street and Hillside Avenue, Queens

Queens

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

11789

Construction of a temporary support wall, east spillway channel wall, Amawalk Dam, Amawalk Road and Lake Road, Somers, Westchester County

Upstate

DEP

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

12460

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 232 East 96th Street southeast corner of Second Avenue and Third Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

12554

Construction of a concrete facility (Ferrara Brothers), 730 3rd Avenue between 24th Street, 25th Street, and the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

12566

Installation of bulkheads and adjacent site work, 30-01 and 32-11 Harper Street, Queens

Queens

EDC

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

12775

Installation of a tennis bubble, McCarren Park, Nassau Avenue, North 12th Street, Bayard Street, and Lorimer Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public and Private

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

13562

Reconstruction of Saratoga Park, adjacent to P.S. 178, Thomas S. Boyland Street, Pacific Street and Dean Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

DEP

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

15634

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 787 7th Avenue, southeast corner of West 52nd Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Withdrawn

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

15639

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 180-05 Hillside Avenue, northeast corner of Midland Parkway and Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

Queens

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Withdrawn

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16817

Installation of pole-top antennae, battery packs, and access point devices for Con Edison, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens

Citywide

DOT

DoITT

Public and Private

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

1

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16818

Reconstruction of Ennis Playground, 2nd Avenue, 11th Street, 3rd Avenue, and 12th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16905

Installation of tower lighting, Building 77, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Public

Distinctive lighting

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

2

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16929

Construction of a utility building and installation of diesel fuel storage tanks, Pier C, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

BNYDC

Public

Architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16933

Installation of Luminescence by Nobuho Nagasawa, The Peninsula, Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park, 54th Avenue, Center Boulevard, 55th Avenue, and the East River, Long Island City, Queens

Queens

DCLA%

EDC

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

2

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16935

Construction of an ADA ramp, canopy, and ticket office, Yankee Stadium, 1 East 161st Street, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Private

Building systems & Modifications

Construction

Approved with conditions

1

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16936

Reconstruction of a playground and athletic courts, Dutch Kills Playground, Crescent Street and 36th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

1

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16937

Reconstruction of a playground and construction of two entrance plazas, Friends Field Park, East 4th Street, Avenue L, McDonald Avenue, and Avenue M, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

1

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16938

Construction of two plazas and adjacent site work, Brownsville Recreation Center, 1555 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

2

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16939

Reconstruction of a field house, Shore Park and Parkway, Shore Road and 95th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Found incomplete

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16940

Replication of a sword, General Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1893) by Henry Baerer, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved

2

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16941

Replication of a sword, General Josiah Porter (1902) by William Clark Noble, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Artwork

Conservation

Approved

2

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16948

Legalization of a shopping cart corral, 1585 Westchester Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DOT

Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16950

Construction of a hotel, restoration and adaptive reuse of historic structures, and related site work as Phase II of the construction of a mixed-use development (Lighthouse Point), 5 Bay Street, Staten Island

Staten Island

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16951

Construction of flood resiliency infrastructure, New York Aquarium, Coney Island Boardwalk, West 5th Street, Surf Avenue, and West 8th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

DCLA/WCS

Private

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16952

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

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16953

Reconstruction of a playground, Evergreen Park, adjacent to P.S. 68, St. Felix Place, Seneca Avenue, and 75th Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

x

2017-01-18T00:00:00.000

16954

Installation of a containment fill box and stairs, Fire Academy Building 10, 7 Cammarata Avenue, Randall's Island, Manhattan

Manhattan

DDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

x