185 Ocean Avenue Starts Back Up
185 Ocean Avenue, everybody’s favorite poster boy evil development, is back in the game. A tipster who lives in an adjacent building sent us this photo of work starting back up yesterday, and a check of DOB records shows that the site passed an audit in December and was reissued a New Building permit early…
185 Ocean Avenue, everybody’s favorite poster boy evil development, is back in the game. A tipster who lives in an adjacent building sent us this photo of work starting back up yesterday, and a check of DOB records shows that the site passed an audit in December and was reissued a New Building permit early last month. The permit’s for a 22,000-square-foot, eight-story residential building. Should fit in nicely next to the recently landmarked Ocean on the Park Historic District.
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The land Use Sub-committee voted unanimously today in favor of the entire HD.
I’m wondering if there is a way to work with the developer to get neighborhood input on his plans. Of course, that won’t happen if the goal of neighbors is to halt the project entirely. Everybody is getting what the want. The remaining houses are preserved, and the developer can still build. Let’s pray for a nice building!
The LPC did look into it. There was a public hearing at which both the developer and the community showed up. Bottom line is that the new build process was too far advanced by the time LPC sought to intervene. The developer had the requisite DOB go-ahead and so he’s going ahead. Sigh.
Now, there is a still a question as to whether #189 will/will not be included in the new HD. (You can see the side of that building in the photo above). Land Use committee of the City Council held a public hearing a couple of weeks back on that matter as well as many other proposed HDs. While they voted to approve all the other proposed Ds, they decided to table the vote on the Ocean on the Park HD, choosing instead to hold it over until the next public hearing. Sigh again.
Has anyone seen a rendering of what the new building is going to look like? I am fearful of an ugly brick building with small windows, hints of Greek architecture and a huge curb cut. You know the type!
I’m surprised they got their permit, as per the landmarking hearing last year, where the LPC was looking into protecting the site by retroactively landmarking the lot. I don’t know what happened with that.