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Don't Approve the Revised Proposed Additions to 827-831 Broadway

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Interim Chair Fred Bland

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I oppose the revised proposed addition to 827-831 Broadway and urge the Landmarks Preservation Commission to reject them.

Dear [Decision Maker],

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While the addition over 827-831 Broadway has been further reduced and is significantly less visible, the 7-story addition to the 12th Street building is incredibly visible and visually intrusive in relation to the landmarked buildings.

As seen in the diagram on p.23 of the application, a corner of the proposed 7-story addition does fall within the designated area, and therefore is subject to the Commissioners' consideration. On this basis I urge you not to approve the addition, and to dissuade the applicant from making any similar such addition on the 12th Street side (though the application does not show it, it is all too easy to imagine how visually intrusive the proposed addition would be from that vantage point).

The Greenwich Village society for Historic Preservation's Request for Evaluation, and scores of letters in support of it, included landmarking 47 East 12th Street as well as 827-831 Broadway. The 12th Street building is inextricably linked historically and architecturally to the Broadway buildings. The latest proposed design and addition to that building speaks to the folly of not including 47 East 12th Street in the landmark designation.

Additionally the existing storefront at No. 831 should be maintained, as it is proposed to be at No. 827. Both are from the same period and speak to an important chapter of the building's history, and both are equally aesthetically distinguished and pleasing.

On all of these bases, I urge you not to approve the proposed additions to 827-831 Broadway.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]

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