Removal of iron bars in landmarked block?


We just bought the garden level of a brownstone coop on a landmarked block in pslope. We’d like to permanently remove the ironwork on the two front windows as they block a lot of light. (Yes, we know the security issues of doing that.) One window has possibly original ironwork, the other has the bottom half with the top rebuilt to accept an airconditioner (which we will also remove). Can we just remove them or do we have to get permission from lpc?

Sorry if this has been covered

Categories: Landmarks
By daintydu | 05/05/2011 10:46 PM | Comment

old sprinklers on garden floor – necessary?


We are renovating our 900sf garden level apartment which is in a 4-unit co-op building. The building was an SRO prior to becoming a co-op in the 80′s. Our apartment has two means of egress, through the front door (under stoop) and out the back into the garden. There is no common stairwell on our floor (unoccupied cellar below us is only accessible via outside hatch).

The apartment has two sprinkler heads in the entry area from when (I assume) there used to be a common stairwell on our floor. The sprinklers are no longer required technically since we have two means of egress and no common stair, right? We’re certainly not going to get rid of them, but do we need to follow code with them (i.e. distance from walls, etc)?

Categories: Plumbing
By daintydu | 04/14/2011 3:37 PM | Comment