File #: Res 1672-2008    Version: * Name: LU 892 - Landmark, Morningside Park Scenic Landmark, Manhattan (20095029HKM)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 10/23/2008
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Morningside Park Scenic Landmark, Morningside Park, including the Lafayette and Washington Park triangle (Block 1850, Lots 1 and 2, and Block 1849, Lot 1), Borough of Manhattan, Designation List No. 404, LP-2254; L.U. No. 892 (20095029 HKM; N 090045 HKM).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Jessica S. Lappin
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10/23/08

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1672

 

Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Morningside Park Scenic Landmark, Morningside Park, including the Lafayette and Washington Park triangle (Block 1850, Lots 1 and 2, and Block 1849, Lot 1), Borough of Manhattan, Designation List No. 404, LP-2254; L.U. No. 892 (20095029 HKM; N 090045 HKM).

 

By Council Members Katz and Lappin

 

WHEREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Commission filed with the Council on July 22, 2008 a copy of its designation dated July 15, 2008 (the "Designation"), of the Morningside Park Scenic Landmark, Morningside Park, including the Lafayette and Washington Park triangle,  bounded by the eastern curbline of Morningside Drive, the northern curbline of Cathedral Parkway (West 110th Street), the western curbline of Morningside Avenue, the southern curbline of West 123rd Street, the eastern curbline of Amsterdam Avenue, the southern curbline of Morningside Drive, to the point of the beginning, Community District 9, Borough of Manhattan, as a historic landmark  and Block 1850, Lots 1 and 2; and Block 1849, Lot 1, as its landmark site pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, the Designation is subject to review by the Council pursuant to Section 3020 of the City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission submitted to the Council on September 12, 2008 its report on the Designation dated September 10, 2008 (the "Report");

 

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Designation on October 16, 2008; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Designation;

 

RESOLVED:

 

Pursuant to Section 3020 of the City Charter, and on the basis of the information and materials contained in the Designation and the Report, the Council affirms the Designation.

 

 

Adopted.

 

 

Office of the City Clerk, }

The City of New York,  } ss.:

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on October 23, 2008, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

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