Two years ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission floated the idea of clearing its backlog of items from before 2010 by simply de-calendaring all of them. That was not well-received, to put it lightly. So, they devised a series of steps to actually address those 95 items. That process nearly came to an end today, with the designation of 10 new city landmarks.
Omega Healthcare has filed plans for a 24-story senior housing development at 1802 Second Avenue, on the corner of 93rd Street on the Upper East Side — just as the MTA gets ready to open the nearby 96th Street station of the Second Avenue subway.
The Spence School, a private, all-girls school for grades K-12 on the Upper East Side, has filed applications for a six-story, 56,720-square-foot building at 412 East 90th Street, located in Manhattan’s Yorkville section. The facility appears to be geared towards athletics, featuring a two-story gymnasium, squash courts, an exercise room, training rooms, locker rooms, and laundry facilities. There will also be a administrative offices on the ground and third floors, a student cafe on the third floor, and a single classroom and a greenhouse on the sixth floor. The 83-foot-tall structure will be designed by Rogers Partners Architects. The 150-foot-wide, 15,000-square-foot site is occupied by a two-story parking garage. Demolition permits have not been filed.
Reston, Virginia-based SJM Partners has filed applications for a six-story, 44,432-square-foot self-storage facility at 428 East 92nd Street, in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. The new building will contain 35,790 square feet of commercial space, with storage units across the cellar through sixth floors. Offices will be located on the ground floor, where there will also be a two-car garage and a loading dock. Virginia-based Butz Wilbern LTD is the applicant of record. The 75-foot-wide, 7,532-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story parking garage. Demolition permits have not been filed.
After half a century on Lenox Avenue just north of Central Park in Harlem, the Second Canaan Baptist Church will meet the wrecking ball to make way for a new apartment building.
