Municipal Building Heading to Landmarks Soon

Community Board 2’s Landuse Committee gave it’s blessing to the exterior changes on the first and second floor of the Municipal Building, soon to be cleared out for several retail tenants. Developer Al Laboz and his architect presented plans pretty similar to that of the rendering above: on the first floor, the bases of the windows will be cut to make space for doors and display windows. There will be five entryways along Joralemon and Court Street and all the grates on Court Street will be covered over. Not pictures are the three kinds of signage proposed: illuminated signage on the ground-floor, awnings over the five different entrances on the first floor with lettering on the skirt, and awnings on the second floor with no signage. (They pulled inspiration from multi-story retail lining Manhattan’s 5th Avenue.) They are considering illumination behind the glass on the second floor but, that, as well as the second floor awnings, require special permission from the Public Design Commission. As for those retail tenants: still no word beyond that “upscale restaurant” but CB2 was promised no bank, pharmacy, drug store, or fast food joint. The development’s date with LPC is June 5th.
City Picks Al Laboz to Develop Municipal Building [Brownstoner]