A Curb Cut on Landmarked St. Marks Avenue? Really?
See this beautiful brownstone front yard at 97 St. Marks Avenue? Better enjoy it while you can, because the owner is getting ready to demolish it to create a driveway and garage despite the recent landmarking of Prospect Heights, according to a tipster and DOB filings. How could this happen? We’re not quite sure, but…
See this beautiful brownstone front yard at 97 St. Marks Avenue? Better enjoy it while you can, because the owner is getting ready to demolish it to create a driveway and garage despite the recent landmarking of Prospect Heights, according to a tipster and DOB filings. How could this happen? We’re not quite sure, but here’s the initial permit where it mentions converting a portion of the ground floor into a garage and here’s an amendment for the curb cut. The whole thing is eerily reminiscent of what happened at 174 Clinton Avenue a couple of years ago. The icing on the cake, according to a Forum post yesterday, is that the owner’s kicking out the old lady who sold him the house but continued to live in the garden apartment in order to do it. We’ll get back to you with what Landmarks has to say. Let’s hope this is all a big misunderstanding! Update: LPC confirms that they have no record of any applications for Landmark approval at this address. GMAP
LOL, PHFamily…we should deluge her facebook as “friends.”
I just added her as a friend.
Rob has better wigs.
yeah dibs, i KNOW this is NYC and stuff, but i always figured it was the kind of place where people dont act like nannies tattling on each other and stuff. shrug. what do i know i guess. maybe the MYOB mentality is just a jersey thing?
*rob*
She’s hot. Stop sippin the haterade PHfamily. 😉
As much as I would hate to see that yard gone and an ugly curb cut put in I have to agree with Infinite Jester on this. Its horrible to have us jokers opining about what the owner can and can’t do to his/her property. As someone who has been hounded by DOB for trying to improve my house, I know first hand the kind of hell one can get into with the highly corrupt and arbitrary housing courts. I hope that there is some sort of solution to this issue that doesn’t involve this website getting this guy/gal busted.
“has anyoen actually seen the “approved” plans?”
Let’s not let the facts get in the way of our discussion, jp2! ; )
im of the mindset that you need to MYOB.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 23, 2009 10:55 AM
ROTFLMMFAO. This is New York City.
has anyoen actually seen the “approved” plans?