Community Board 1 last night unanimously passed a resolution urging the City Council not to approve a certificate of appropriateness granted yesterday by the Landmarks Preservation Commission to a "Flood Mitigation Project" that would install six-inch-high, air-vent gratings with perch seats at each end and bicycle racks along sections of West Broadway in TriBeCa.
The resolution noted that a prototype will be installed in late August across from 60 Hudson Street.
The proposed new subway air-vent grating is intended to "reduce the potential exposure to a 100-year flood risk," the resolution noted, adding that the landmarks committee of Board 1 "felt that the design was totally inappropriate for the Historic District and will result in further reductions in the quality of life on these already overcrowded TriBeCa streets."
Bruce Ehrmann, a board member, said that the plan was "a boondoogle," adding that it's "pretty dangerous...and ridiculous."
The resolution noted that a prototype will be installed in late August across from 60 Hudson Street.
The proposed new subway air-vent grating is intended to "reduce the potential exposure to a 100-year flood risk," the resolution noted, adding that the landmarks committee of Board 1 "felt that the design was totally inappropriate for the Historic District and will result in further reductions in the quality of life on these already overcrowded TriBeCa streets."
Bruce Ehrmann, a board member, said that the plan was "a boondoogle," adding that it's "pretty dangerous...and ridiculous."
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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