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Landmarks panel approves single new window at Gansevoort Market building
Summary
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on June 10 approved an application to add one window to the sixth floor of a building in the Gansevoort Market Historic District after hearing preservation testimony that the opening would match earlier alterations and be minimally visible from the street.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved an application Tuesday to add a single window opening on the sixth floor of the block-sized Gansevoort Market ensemble at 95 Horatio Street.
The applicant, architect Steve Kilcoyne of Allen & Kilcoyne Architects, told the commission the proposed opening would replicate a paired window configuration already present nearby and match previously approved aluminum 1-over-1 windows on the building’s adapted residential facade. "We felt that was appropriate, and it is within this banding that exists," Kilcoyne said during the public hearing.
Preservation groups opposed. Christina Conroy of the Victorian Society of New York asked the commission to deny the application, saying the building’s designation report describes a "monumental, carefully detailed" facade and that the original designers intentionally provided a single window in the subject bay. "We urge you to deny this application," Conroy said.
Commissioners discussed how the building has been altered during earlier residential adaptive reuse and said the new opening follows an existing pattern of change. Commissioner Ginsburg called the proposal "appropriate and reasonable," and several other commissioners said the new opening would be modest and consistent with previous changes. Commissioner Goldblum moved approval, Commissioner Chen seconded, and the commission voted to approve the certificate of appropriateness.
Commission staff recommended approval, finding the work will "follow the pattern found on other bays of the building," that the proposed aluminum window will match existing windows in material and finish, and that the work will not detract from the district’s special architectural or historic character.
The commission closed the hearing and issued an approval with standard conditions and staff review of final window details.
Details: the property is in the Gansevoort Market Historic District and consists of conjoined warehouse and office buildings previously altered for residential use. The application covered a single, localized change and the commission’s determination rested largely on precedent for similar openings already present on the primary facade.
