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CB2 Landmarks pushes for a building-wide master plan after tenant architect proposes tilt-and-turn windows on Broadway

December 15, 2025 | Manhattan City, New York County, New York


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CB2 Landmarks pushes for a building-wide master plan after tenant architect proposes tilt-and-turn windows on Broadway
Chris Teeter, the tenant’s architect, presented window replacement plans for a 9th-floor apartment at 491 Broadway and 446 Broom Street. He described the Broom Street proposal as "a simulated double hung" and said the Broadway façade would receive tilt-and-turn casements with an optional bar to give the appearance of a double-hung sash.

Committee members repeatedly raised the absence of a building-wide master plan. One commissioner told the applicant bluntly: "We can't approve this without a master plan, period." Members argued that approving different window systems on the same building would risk an inconsistent façade over time and recommended that the landlord present a cohesive strategy for both facades before staff-level approval.

The applicant said there is no existing master plan and offered to lead coordination with other owners and future applicants; he also supplied an alternate that would visually mimic a double-hung appearance if the commission preferred. The committee moved the subject to the business session to draft a recommendation emphasizing coordinated, historically sympathetic replacements (double-hung wood windows or close visual equivalents) rather than casement/tilt-and-turn solutions that open outward and change the character of the façade.

No formal vote was recorded in the transcript; the committee’s direction was to require a master plan or equivalent building-level coordination for future approvals.

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