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Commission approves adaptive reuse of East Village church into housing and community space with conditions
Summary
The Commission approved conversion of a former church at 121 East 7th Street into residential units with a community facility, plus a two‑story rooftop addition and subcellar excavation, after extensive testimony supporting restoration and cautioning about construction monitoring.
Design and preservation architect Dennis George presented LPC‑25‑09517 for 121 East 7th Street, a former church in the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, proposing a two‑story rooftop addition, a subcellar excavation, façade rehabilitation and adaptive reuse into residential units and a community facility. George said probes reveal original 1904 brick behind artificial stone veneer and that the proposal seeks to restore hood arches, recreate historic door and transom patterns, and set the two‑story addition back to minimize visibility.
Preservation groups (Village Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Victorian Society) testified in support of the restorative scope while urging replication of original windows where extant and careful monitoring of excavation. Commissioners praised the adaptive reuse and approved the application with modifications requiring more probes into the façade backing, careful window detailing (simulated true divided lights), and construction monitoring for the subcellar excavation.
