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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21

NYC Landmarks Panel Approves 200-Unit NoHo Towers on Parking Lot Despite Local Opposition

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21

NYC Landmarks Panel Approves 200-Unit NoHo Towers on Parking Lot Despite Local Opposition

2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21

Tuesday’s vote cleared design plans for two high-rise apartment buildings at Great Jones and Lafayette Streets, with the Landmarks Preservation Commission split 8-2 and one abstention.
The project would replace a decades-old NoHo parking lot with 200 apartments, about a quarter designated affordable at roughly $2,200 a month.
Opponents, led by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, said the plan still fails to protect the neighborhood’s historic character and does not deliver truly affordable housing.
An earlier one-building proposal unveiled in April was reworked after criticism of its scale, materials and architecture; the revised project still needs blueprint approval before building permits can be issued.
The approval lands as New York faces a housing shortfall of about 290,000 homes now and roughly 700,000 over the next decade, according to a draft city report.