LPC: 30 Henry Design Could be Better

The Eagle files an extensive report about yesterday’s Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing about the plans for the new building at 30 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. The commissioners ultimately asked the developer and BKSK Architects to tweak the design, saying details such as the entryway could be improved upon, with LPC Chair Robert Tierney noting that “I find it appropriate now and I would openly embrace it, but I agree with my colleagues that it could be a better building.” Some preservationists spoke in favor of the current design, calling it contextual and appropriate, but reps from the Brooklyn Heights Association called it “boring” and argued for a more contemporary look. Architect Jonathan Marvel, for example, had the following to say: “It’s a threshold site to this district. It’s not an infill building, but a gateway building. …We implore you to inspire, to delight, to raise the bar on originality.”
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