Architect gets go-ahead to convert former AmEx Stables.Kevin Kennon Architect PC and building owners 157 Hudson, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control announce final New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle approval to move forward with the restoration, renovation, conversion and enlargement of 157 Hudson Street Hudson Street can refer to:
After previously receiving unanimous New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering New York's Landmarks Preservation Law. New York City's first landmarks legislation was enacted in 1965, prompted by the demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station, approval in 2005, the Planning Commission approval completes requirements to proceed with Kennon's sensitive, yet creative design for the historic former American Express Company Stables built in 1866. "It is not everyday that an architect has the opportunity to modernize yet preserve such a unique historic gem of a building," says Principal Kevin Kennon. "Not since my work with United Architect's as a finalist for the WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there design competition, have I been able to work on a project of historic significance to New York City," continued Kennon. The existing three-story building located in the Tribeca North Historic District is bordered by Hudson, Laight and Collister Streets and has been vacant for more than two years. The new five-story, 75,000 square foot multi-family building will consist of 17 loft apartments averaging 3,000 square feet each. A two-story rooftop addition totaling 16,300 habitable habitable adj. referring to a residence that is safe and can be occupied in reasonable comfort. Although standards vary by region, the premises should be closed in against the weather, provide running water, access to decent toilets and bathing facilities, heating, square-feet will contain three individual residences, set back from the parapet to remain hidden from the street and from the nearby Holland Tunnel. The generous setback from the parapet of the historic building will allow for a remarkable combined 8,000 square feet of outdoor and garden terrace spaces for the entire rooftop addition. A 4,500 square foot fifth floor duplex penthouse crowns the new construction with an innovative combination of brick, glass and steel. Kennon weaves transparent glass"cubes" throughout the exterior of the fifth floor penthouse in order to create a greater sense of space and light within the residence. Designed from the inside out, the rooftop aerie is strategically arranged so that the volumes of glass shift and play according to the domestic functions within, but also cedes visual dominance to the historic building facade below. The fourth floor addition underneath will be a completely bricked arch structure comprising two individual residences. As part of the preservation and renovation of the building, the warehouse's wooden joists, made of pine dating back to 1898, will be restored and recycled into the flooring of the new lofts. Numerous objects found during the renovation process, including historic signs, stonework stonework, term applied to various types of work—that of the lapidary who shapes, cuts, and polishes gemstones or engraves them for seals and ornaments; of the jeweler or artisan who mounts or encrusts them in gold, silver, or other metal; of the stonemason who , and piping will be incorporated into the building's interior design and artwork, allowing residents to feel a sense of the building's and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's history. Built in 1866 and expanded in 1898, 157 Hudson Street originally housed the horse stables of the American Express Company. The initial use for the building was to deliver packages and telegraphs via American Express stagecoaches. |
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