Applicants seek revocable consent to restore stoop at 17 East Ninth Street; committee to forward recommendation to full board

Applicants for 17 East Ninth Street told the Manhattan Community Board 2 Quality of Life Committee that they intend to reconstruct a traditional front stoop and a small areaway and basement entrance at the property and that the work requires a revocable consent from the Department of Transportation.

The project team, represented by Thomas Zoli and a co-presenter identified as Jeffrey, said they are restoring what they believe was the original stoop and that the proposed configuration will extend into the public sidewalk roughly two feet farther than the existing sunken basement entrance. "Right now, it looks like it's 4 foot 3 inches," the committee chair said while reviewing the plans; the applicants described the proposed depth from the property line to the face of the…