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LPC issues positive report for adaptive reuse of Governors Island school building with flood‑resilient entrances and enclosed mechanicals
Summary
The commission issued a positive binding report for work at Building 301 on Governors Island — including restored entrances, ramps, granite stoops raised for finished‑floor alignment, enclosed rooftop mechanicals and a raised generator — with conditions to refine landscaping, paving and railing details.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on March 4 issued a positive report, with conditions, for adaptive reuse and resiliency upgrades at Building 301 on Governors Island, a neo‑Georgian former school in the Governors Island Historic District. The project would convert the building to office use for climate‑resiliency tenants and add accessibility, flood‑resilient entrances, enclosed rooftop mechanicals and a raised generator enclosure.
Ayon Studio and the Trust for Governors Island presented a plan to cluster mechanical equipment in three rooftop enclosures on the north, east and west wings to avoid a scatter of equipment and to minimize visual clutter. The team…
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