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Council sends Woolworth Building proposal back to historic board after heated debate
Summary
Developers seeking to add stories to the Woolworth Building on Main Street presented revised plans; the Historic and Architectural Review Board recommended denial and council voted to return the application to HARB for further guidance.
Bethlehem City Council voted 7-0 to return a certificate-of-appropriateness (COA) application for 555 Main Street — the former Woolworth Building — to the Historic and Architectural Review Board (HARB) for further review and explicit recommendations.
The applicant’s attorney and architect told council the owner redesigned the project after a December HARB meeting to incorporate the board’s comments on materials, window patterns and the upper-floor setback. Julie Bernstein, representing the owner, said the revised design “visually distinguishes the…
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