DNAinfo A neo-Tudor Gothic style townhouse in Turtle Bay, a terra cotta-clad loft building in the West Village and a Federal style house on the Bowery are among Manhattan’s newest landmarks.

The Lo-Down: The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors (BAN) is sending around a news release in celebration of the Landmarks Preservation Commission voting to protect 135 Bowery, a federal style row house, located between Grand and Broome streets.

“After a process of two years, we are pleased by today’s vote of the Commission, which we anticipate will protect this almost 200 year-old dwelling from demolition or inappropriate alterations,” said BAN’s Mitchell Grubler.  

GREENWICH VILLAGE — New York University’s plans for a massive 2.5-million-square-foot expansion began winding its way through the public review process on Tuesday, with residents and elected officials calling for the plan to be scaled back.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Stringer suggested the school nix a proposed 180,000-square-foot hotel and back down from acquiring “park strips” around buildings it owns along Mercer and LaGuardia streets in testimony to a planning department hearing.

“Like other major developments, this project must balance local needs with the university’s need to expand,” Stringer said in prepared testimony, where he also asked NYU to provide space for a new public school.

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INWOOD — Columbia University’s plan to create a new development on its Baker Field property in Inwood cleared a hurdle Tuesday when it was approved by a City Council committee.

The plan now heads to the full Council for a vote expected Wednesday.

City Councilman Robert Jackson, who represents the neighborhood and has neld community meetings on the plan, voted in favor of the measure.

Columbia plans to build a new $100 million, 47,700-square-foot field house at 218th Street and Broadway that includes a $3 million investment in the sports fields, which officials said would be more readily accessible for community use.