That's all.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. Mattione.
Yes, I would like to continue with Mr. Zakin.
Does he need to be sworn in again on a new day?
Let's do it.
Just so everybody's been spoiling.
Mr. Zakin, please identify yourself for the record.
I'll swear you in.
My name is Shimi Zakin, Shimshon Zakin, S-H-I-M-I, Zakin, Z-A-K-I-N, and I'm the owner of Atrium Design Group.
You swear we're firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Thank you.
Please proceed, Mr. Matiomi.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And then, Shimmy, getting back to where we were the last time, and I think you want to share your screen, Shimmy, and put the plans up.
Yeah, if that's possible.
Do I have the permission to share this?
No, that's him.
That's him, but it doesn't matter.
It's him.
Shimmy, this is the one.
There it is.
Thank you.
These materials are at Exhibit 5 in the packet that I had submitted previously to the board.
And Shimmy, please explain again the plans to the board and to the public, exactly what it is we're trying to do here.
Yeah, sure. I just want to make sure that everyone see the right screen.
Do you see the illustration of the Painted Bride edition?
addition yes okay now so um let me just make sure that the screen is all
you uh full screen there it is okay great so um it's very simple what we're trying to do is first
of all to uh develop the site and why at the same time to preserve the painted bride um the artwork
by Isaiah Zagar that many people in Philadelphia
sees a significant piece of art
and some thinks the other way.
Yet we came to the conclusion that it was the efforts
to try to preserve this piece of art
and at the same time develop the lot, the site.
We're proposing 74 units in one building that is designed to basically float in some ways above the painted bride, not to touch the building.
And that is basically created by a way of adding a connector piece, as you can see in this diagram, and build a mass thing on top as a mass that is basically not touching any of the walls of the existing building.
and by eating or scooping into it,
creating an area for light and air
and for a garden to exist on top of the second floor connector piece.
This illustration right here nicely shows the summary
or summarized the project entirely.
It shows the plaza that we are repurposing
that is created by the shape of the existing building
and that will be functioning as the main entrance to the building through what we see in our mind
a small gallery that will transition people from the public space into the private space
that gallery is to celebrate the first friday and those galleries art galleries that we all
very much familiar with around the old city and that gallery will be available for artists to
come in and for $1 to at least a place and show their art as a part of the scene of Old City.
Above that there is a linear garden that is created by a setback of the second floor
and above that we have 64 units on a multifamily building that has two wings.
the southern wing and the northern wing with a connector piece that occupy the elevators,
the stairs, and that also has the garden that you can see here that is created above the second floor
short-term lease or visitor accommodation 10 units section. Up above on top of the building
there is a very limited section of the roof deck for both sides of the building.
This shows the first floor section and how those functions coming all together. So we're talking
about the plaza, the gallery, and then into the private section of the building, which is the
lobby and other amenities. Commercial space is designed along Vine Street with its own
utilities and amenities parking garage access through the existing opening and that is a time
to also say that all the openings of the building are repurposed so we are working within what
exists and we do not propose to block off or cut out new openings that will be disturbing or
or basically removing significant pieces
of the skin of the bride.
The garage will occupy 12 parking spaces
as required by zoning.
So we do not have any refusal for parking spaces.
So the refusal that we are facing
to hopefully grant today
for the height 85 feet
where 65 feet is allowed and for the FAR that is a result of the additional flows but it's only
12.5 to 13 percent more than what allowed which is 500 percent so we are proposing 565 percent
FAR and of course for the lack of open spaces we are keeping a full
And of course, for the lack of open spaces, we are keeping the existing building, but yet we see this site as a corner site, even though this street, Bordang Street, is not what we call open street, and it's not part of the city street map.
and therefore it's in many ways a private alley
and this building is not defined as a corner lot.
Otherwise, we were at 20% as allowed in CMX3 for open space.
This diagram shows nicely the structural approach
that we took coming to design a building within an envelope within a building and the concept
was to not propose any basement that's first of all so we will not dig down and disturb the soil
where those foundations of the existing building are placed in and not and to minimize the
vibrations to the building and that may damage the mosaic.
We are proposing to install single tiles that will be drilled into the ground,
a podium between the first floor and the second floor that will be made of steel and concrete
and will help also supporting the skin of the bride,
the envelope of the existing building.
Those piles will continue one floor up
to create the secondary podium
and stick framing above of the building.
This is a view of the garden
and the area created between the southern wing
and the northern wing of the building
with setback of the seventh floor
to create some outdoor areas of those units
on the upper floor.
And that gentleman looking to the north west
showing a view from the top floors.
So, as I said, we have the three variances.
We will not repeat them because of the time.
And what's important to show here is the shadow study.
We took the step to try to run a shadow study
on the property as for the proposed building
versus a buy-write condition.
A buy-write is of 65 feet tall building, 25% open space.
We definitely allow to build all the way to Bodden Street property line.
And we will see it in four different times of the year.
This is for March.
and you can see that the shadow is that the building we proposed versus the by right building
is pretty much the same and you will see that also moving to the next one June in the summer
and definitely September and December there is no any huge significant difference between
one and another, especially to those buildings that are located on North 3rd Street and stretches
all the way to Gordon Street, all the way around. The fact that we propose an opening here along
Gordon Street gives a lot of breather, if I'm allowed, a breather to in the alley instead of
having a long continuous wall of 65 foot along the building, along the alley.
There was a discussion about the section and there were questions asked by the board and
by the attorneys of the floor to ceiling details and we took the floor to ceiling measurements.
We took a stab and we developed an architectural and structural section that is much more developed
than what normally you see in zoning meetings,
only so we can very clearly explain the challenges
that we are facing here.
Excuse me, sir.
Excuse me.
Could you enlarge the picture?
The work section.
Is this close enough?
A little more.
Thank you.
And I will read the measurements as well, so it will be very clear.
So the concept was to keep the existing building, as you see,
and to float above that with a setback on the second floor.
and to float above that with a setback on the second floor.
This measurement is critical.
Four foot three, second floor light strip that in many areas along the perimeter of the existing building
is what's left in order to get light and air into the linear garden and the setback of the windows to those units.
that's enough but it's not anything that we can reduce besides that the size of the beams
and the size of the structure that we will need to use in order to make this ambitious
project happen are such that shows such a significant cavity or or a floor thickness
that will, that also plays an important role.
So looking at the second floor structure,
the beam itself is a three foot high beam.
And that's before we account for the fire spray
for any utilities and duct work
that we will need to drop beneath.
Same for the commercial space.
So by the time we start the stick framing addition on a typical floor plan, you will see that the highest point in any given apartment is eight foot nine and five eights, below nine foot.
And 50% of any floor plan of every unit between the air condition system, the ductwork, any sprinklers, and any pipes and drains will give us 7 foot 5 inches finished, I'm sorry, 7 foot 9 and 5 8 finished floor to finish ceiling.
And that's at minimum 50% of any unit between the bathrooms, between the hallways, any suffix that we may need.
So in my opinion, it's below what we call market standard.
You would expect to see 10 foot ceilings or 9 foot 6 ceilings in a building in this level, but we are not seeking for any of that.
So a typical floor plan is represented here, and you'll see that on the roof itself, there is even more of a component that makes the roof structure even thicker than a typical floor plan.
So even those, what we call penthouse units or top units, they still have the same exact floor to ceiling detail.
So in many ways, this is not really any 10 foot ceilings trying to create a super high ceilings for these proposed units.
It's very much in line with what the market is or the standard in the market is for multifamily buildings.
excuse me excuse me yes from from street level to top of a parapet wall what is the height
for top of parapet so we 85 feet to the top of this
of the roof plus the parapet is 42 inches as allowed by code
so that's a total of that is a total of uh three foot six plus 85 88 six
88 feet six inches that is correct thank you
so that's another view from vine street and uh some presidents of the of the material we're
proposing to use. This image right here on the very right side is of one of our projects in
Philadelphia by the Mormon temple. So you can see that we already used that material in the
previous project by us, and it looks amazing, and we know how to use it, so it's not any kind of a
dream. It's something that we're definitely able to achieve. Excuse me, may I also interject?
As long as we're talking height, what is the height of the elevator tower on the eastern side?
I'm sorry, Philip Gampolski.
It's okay. I mean, I'm happy to answer any question.
So I'll go to the isometric because that's...
because that so we we located the elevator and stairs tower away from any street so it will not
So we located the elevator...
be seen and will not be uh it won't affect any neighbor building in by by shade or by
light of light and air the height is
I can tell for sure
I don't have the section right in front of me
normally
to the top of the elevator
pit is 12 foot
but I'm not in front
AutoCAD and I can't tell you the exact
measurement
but it's approximately 100 feet alongside
the properties at 226
for the pilot house
but pilot house is, as we all know,
is not part of the building height.
It doesn't occupy any other function
but access to the egress from the roof and the elevator.
So this is not another story.
Mr. Jampolsky, if I can ask,
you can hold your questions
and then we can have cross.
The only questions I would ask