I replaced my straight, plain window bars with these almost 2 years ago. The building just received a letter that they are not compliant because I didn’t have a Landmarks permit. I can apply for a permit, but when I called Landmarks, they said that window bars with curves – such as the ones I now have – would probably not be approved. When I mentioned that I see window bars in the neighborhood that curve out to accommodate air conditioners, the said those window bars do not comply with Landmarks standards either, and that Landmarks hasn’t sited those buildings. Has anyone had experience with Landmarks and window bar styles? My options are to apply for the permit and hope they legalize these, or have them removed, photograph the window with no bars, submit that to Landmarks and have the Letter to cure the violation removed. Then I start a new application and install plain, straight bars. I am trying to decide which route to take, remove and replace or convince Landmarks to let me keep these. Located in Cobble Hill. Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I replaced my straight, plain window bars with these almost 2 years ago. The building just received a letter that they are not compliant because I didn’t have a Landmarks permit. I can apply for a permit, but when I called Landmarks, they said that window bars with curves – such as the ones I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5406,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-22532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landmarks"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/landmarks-prese\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Landmarks Preservation Commission and Window Bars","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/landmarks-prese\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/landmarks-prese\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Landmarks","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"chill225"}],"creator":["chill225"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2008-07-02T16:13:51Z","datePublished":"2008-07-02T16:13:51Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:59Z"},"rendered":"