New Condo Building Approved In The West Village

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A city commission approved a contested plan to replace a West Village garage with a six-story apartment building on Tuesday.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission signed off on designs for the new apartment building at 11 Jane St. The design approved on Tuesday included some tweaks to the building's exterior from the initial vision provided by the architect.

Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, said he and his group have been pushing the commission for a different design since the initial proposal was introduced in the summer.

"It is disappointing that the Landmarks Preservation Commission chose to approve a design which is so patently inappropriate for the Greenwich Village Historic District and for Jane Street," Berman said in a statement. "It still looks like a chain motel, it’s still too large, and it still sticks out like a sore thumb. The changes made by the architect since January are the proverbial rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic."

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