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Landmarks OKs 185 Bainbridge rear addition after commissioners require railings, reject masonry parapets
Summary
The Landmarks Preservation Commission legalized a one‑story rear addition at 185 Bainbridge Street in Bedford‑Stuyvesant on condition that tall parapet walls be removed and replaced with low metal railings; the vote was 7–2.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 7–2 on April 8 to legalize the construction of a one‑story rear yard addition at 185 Bainbridge Street in the Bedford‑Stuyvesant Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, but commissioners ordered modifications including removal of tall parapet walls facing the rear yard and replacement with metal railings.
The applicant, Carmela Wismer, presented the project as a townhouse renovation that included a new rear extension constructed in reclaimed red brick and metal windows. She…
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