0:00 → 3:07(3m 7s)
Chair opens the Landmarks Committee meeting, explains purpose (consideration of appropriateness in a landmark district) and altered public comment order for heavy public interest; outlines that the committee will evaluate appearance/appropriateness separately from zoning 'as-of-right' claims.
Community Board 2 Manhattan landmarks committee heard a presentation on a proposed 19-story residential building at 375 Lafayette Street and took public testimony that was sharply divided between preservation advocates who said the massing is out of scale and union and housing advocates who supported replacing a long-standing parking lot with housing including permanently affordable units. The committee will draft a resolution and requested additional unit- and lobby-level details from the applicant.
