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Fieldston residents win LPC approval for coordinated street signs, asked to pare heights and review sign density
Summary
The LPC approved a program to replace inconsistent regulatory and entrance signage across the Fieldston Historic District with a coordinated family of signs, subject to staff review of the tallest sign heights and the concentration of parking signage in some blocks.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Aug. 5 approved a district‑wide plan to replace and standardize street and entrance signage in the Fieldston Historic District in the Bronx, while asking the Fieldston Property Owners Association to work with staff to re‑examine sign heights and dense clusters of parking instructions on some streets.
Ben Weiss, president of the Fieldston Property Owners Association, presented a comprehensive signage replacement plan that includes three sign types: reflective regulatory parking signs mounted on 3–4‑inch fluted aluminum poles, carved 1½‑inch exterior carved signs with gold leaf for gateway stone pillars, and coordinated single‑panel entry signs to replace inconsistent and deteriorated signs across nine principal neighborhood entrances. Weiss said the proposal replaces roughly 100 existing signs of varying condition and construction with a visually unified set better suited to the district’s character.
Commissioners and public commenters praised the overall upgrade but urged caution about sign size and density. Commissioner Goldblum and others said some pedestrian users might find the tallest of the new regulatory signs too large; commissioners asked staff and the applicant to evaluate sign height. Jeremy Woodoff, for the Victorian Society, supported the plan but suggested spacing the signs more generously where smaller signs are currently close together. The applicant said the group would continue to study the number and placement of signs, particularly in the Tibbett Avenue / Horace Mann area where school pick‑up traffic concentrates.
The LPC’s approval was conditioned on staff review of the highest‑mounted signs and on the applicant revisiting the frequency and placement of parking signs where they are especially dense. Bronx Community Board 8 and the Fieldston Property Owners Association both submitted support for the proposal.
