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Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission
May 11, 2006
Present:
Chair A. Pieper called the meeting to order at ________ pm and read the legal notices for the
public hearings.
I. PUBLIC HEARING
A.114 West Court Street, DeWitt Park Historic District—replacement of metal roof with
EDPM rubber membrane roof system. Withdrawn-next month
B. Former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, 806-810 West Buffalo Street, Local
Landmark-revisions to August 11, 2005 Certificate of Appropriateness regarding sign
placement.
On a motion by _______, seconded by __________, Chair A. Pieper opened the public
hearing.
On a motion by ____________, seconded by __________, Chair A. Pieper closed the
public hearing.
Resolution – RB
RE: The former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station & Railroad Cars, 806-810 West Buffalo
Street, Local Landmark.
WHEREAS, the former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station & Railroad Cars, 806-810 West
Buffalo Street, together constitute a designated local landmark, and
WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 228-4(E) of the Municipal Code, Landmarks
Preservation, revisions to an approved project have been submitted for review by the
Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission, by Rose Catalano-Ilg AIA, corporate
architect for the Chemung Canal Trust Company, and
WHEREAS, the specific proposal includes the following:
a) Placement of the sign proposed for the south façade of the Chemung
Canal Trust Company building on the signboard mounted to the train
car.
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e consultants. In
conclusion, Commission members scheduled a site visit for 8:30 a.m.
WHEREA the
ll as shown on submitted blueprints A1 and A2 dated July 2005,
ng and simulated proposed conditions,
and the accompanying specifications for the light standards, and elevation
WH
l Quality Review Act and the City Environmental Quality Review
Ordinance for which the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board declared lead
agency status, and
HEREAS, following a public hearing held on August 11, 2005 the ILPC approved
the proposal with conditions, and
WH l
roduct information on a light fixture selected for PL-2, 7 and 9 shown on the
on the site plan dated July 2005, and drawings of proposed structural changes to the
canopy and
WH held on September 22, 2005 the Commission
determined that conditions of the August 11, 2005 Certificate of Appropriateness had
been met, and
S, at the regularly scheduled meeting held on July 14, 2005 the ILP
conducted a preliminary, informational session regarding proposed
alterations and additions to accommodate the building’s change of use
from a restaurant to a bank. Material reviewed included a memorandum
dated June 30, 2005 from Rose Catalano-Ilg AIA, blueprints of sketches
and photographs labeled A-1 and A-2 dated July 2005, specifications f
exterior lighting and color photographs of existing and simulated propo
conditions from Trowbridge & Wolf, LLP, landscap
Tuesday July 19, 2005 to view existing conditions.
S, at the regularly schedule meeting held on August 11, 2005
actions under consideration included but were not limited to alteration to
the vestibule and main entrance, removal of the locomotive hitch,
introduction of exterior lighting on the site, and structural alterations to the
canopy a
submitted blueprints A1b and A2b dated July 27, 2005 , memoranda from
project
architect Rose Catalano Ilg, AIA, dated June 30, 2005 and July 27 2005,
shown on photographs submitted by Trowbridge and Wolf, LLP,
landscape consultants, of the existi
A6 submitted at the meeting, and
EREAS, the project was determined to be a Type I Action under the New York
State Environmenta
W
EREAS, at the meeting held on September 22, 2005 the ILPC reviewed materia
submitted by applicant Rose Catalano-Ilg to meet conditions of the August 11, 2005
approval including elevation drawings showing the existing doors and the proposed
alterations; a color photocopied photograph of an installation of the glass tile and a
sample tile, p
EREAS, following a public hearing
May 11, 2006
S, at the meeting held on February 16, 2006, the ILPC reviewedWHEREA
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out Chemung Canal Trust
Co
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t the revised proposal met criteria for approval under Section 228-
4E(1)(a), and
WH ination of the current proposed revision, the Commission has
considered the following:
hitectural
rds for
Rehabilitation and in this case specifically the following Standards:
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rk
to protect the historic
integrity of the property and its environment.
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, the
storic property and its
WHEREA o
aterials that
characterize the train car in keeping with Standard #9..
proposed revisions to the approved project including the following:
a) revision of the approved plans to enclose the front portico with a
system involving aluminum and glass doors and glass infill between
and set back from the existing stone and brick piers of the vestibule
and a glass tile floor system over the vestibule’s existing tile floor as
described in the memorandum dated February 3, 2006 and shown on
accompanying sheets A-6 and A-4 and on detail drawing A, B, and C
all dated February 3, 2006, The revised proposal eliminates the
aluminum and glass enclosure of the existing portico and in place of
the proposed glass tile floor system substitutes a raised floating
concrete slab floor surfaced with ceramic tile in a manner suggestiv
of the existing tile floor, but to spelling
mpany instead of “Lehigh Valley.”
EREAS, following a public hearing held on February 16, 2006, the ILPC
determined tha
EREAS, in its determ
In this and all evaluation of proposals calling for alteration of significant arc
features, the ILPC is guided by the Secretary of the Interior’s Standa
New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction shall not
destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new wo
shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the
massing, size, scale and architectural features
New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be
undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future
essential form and integrity of the hi
environment would be unimpaired.
S, relocating the proposed sign from the building’s south façade t
the train car, removes impact on the building’s historic materials that
characterize the property and does not destroy historic m
May 11, 2006
WHEREA
red for installation of an earlier sign approved by the Commission,
and
WHEREA t be removed, will
ave the train car intact, in keeping with Standard # 10
the
od sliding door shall be preserved in place and visible on the building’s
terior.
r
e landmark or
district as set forth in Section 228-4(E)(a) of the Municipal Code.
NO
t the proposal meets criteria for approval under Section 228-
4E(1)(a), and be it further
RE
y approved plans for rehabilitation of the former
ehigh Valley Passenger Depot.
R
. Administrative Matters
B. Public Comment on Matters of Interest
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struction shops regarding installation of air conditioner condensers
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 10, 2005
IV.
A. Update on Preservation Design Guidelines
Respectfully Submitted,
S, the proposed location on the train car is on a portion of the car
prepa
S, installation is a reversible alteration that, should i
le
The proposed new door and sidelight will be retrofitted into an existing opening and
original wo
in
The proposal will not have a substantial adverse effect on the aesthetic historical o
architectural significance of the landmark and the proposed change is consistent
with the historic value and the spirit of the architectural style of th
W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation
Commission determines tha
SOLVED, that the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission approves the
proposed revision to the previousl
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II. PLEASURE OF THE CHAI
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C. Communications
. 4/28/06- Email From Bruce Bush to Art Stern, both with Cornell’s Planning
Design and Con
at Sibley Hall.
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OLD BUSINESS
V. NEW BUSINESS
VI. ADJOURNMENT
May 11, 2006
Leslie A. Chatterton, Secretary
Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission