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Stephen Wilder and Erasmus Ikemge share views on balancing preservation and development
1:13:12
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Stephen Wilder and Erasmus Ikpemgbe, nominees for the Landmark Preservation Commission, offer their perspectives on balancing historic preservation with development needs and recognizing diverse cultural heritage.
- Wilder emphasizes the importance of balance and the need for more information to determine proper equilibrium between preservation and development
- He expresses enthusiasm for recognizing culturally rich areas beyond Manhattan that may have been overlooked
- Ikpemgbe acknowledges the importance of providing infrastructure and housing, suggesting the need to think creatively about solutions
- He proposes considering non-contributing sites and reimagining building envelopes to address housing needs
Stephen Wilder
1:13:12
Thank you for your question.
1:13:15
If I recall the first question, I think the important thing to note in your question is is balance.
1:13:25
And I think for me, without having much experience working on the landmarks is kind of difficult to answer that question without information in terms of what the numbers are and understanding what the proper balance for historic preservation and new development should be.
1:13:43
So for that one I can't really speak too much on.
1:13:46
In terms of designation and landmarks throughout the outer boroughs, I think New York is really culturally rich beyond just Manhattan, and I think a lot of a lot of places throughout the city have possibly been ignored or maybe not have had been brought to the forefront in terms of recognizing those stories and the public knowing more about them.
1:14:17
So I'm encouraged by at least some of the things that I've seen or read about what Landmark Preservation's priorities and things that they're focusing on.
1:14:28
So I'm all for just working with the LPC on the the unique opportunity to kind of lead in these spaces where we get to kind of honor and identify some of these places that have been ignored over time.
Erasmus Ikpemgbe
1:14:49
Thank you for your question.
1:14:51
I can definitely see the importance of ensuring that the the infrastructure for the residents of the city is as provided.
1:15:03
When it comes to the needs of housing, I I do understand this is a it's a it's a larger problem and to actually come to some type of hit, we definitely need to potentially even think outside of the box about it.
1:15:18
As mentioned before, non contributing sites could be looked at.
1:15:22
Also we may even start to reimagine how we actually think about building envelopes themselves.
1:15:32
I guess these are just a couple of ideals to kind of just spark conversations but definitely new conversations can be had to see what we can actually what we can actually to provide to provide some type of warranty change.
1:15:50
Thank