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Commission legalizes aluminum 1-over-1 windows at Brooklyn Heights row house despite preservation opposition
Summary
The LPC legalized previously installed aluminum 1-over-1 windows at a Brooklyn Heights Anglo‑Italianate house, drawing objections from preservation groups that urged replication of the building’s earlier multi‑lite windows.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted Feb. 4 to legalize aluminum, double-glazed 1‑over‑1 windows installed at 138 Glenwood (Jerolaman) Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, concluding that the replacements matched the prevailing street pattern and that original wood brick molds were retained.
Preservation staff explained that the house — an 1855 Anglo‑Italianate row house — had been altered before designation of the district and that…
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