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Public Design Commission Monthly Design Review

List of projects that were reviewed by the Public Design Commission on a monthly basis.

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DOT
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22593 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22593
Title
Installation of a distinctive sidewalk, 1 Pennsylvania Plaza (PENN 1), Eighth Avenue, West 34th Street, Seventh Avenue, and West 33rd Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DOT
Certificate Number
27991
Public Private
Public and Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Distinctive sidewalk
EDC/DPR/DOT
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22592 • Borough: Staten Island
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22592
Title
Construction of a pier, esplanade, and a maintenance and operations building, Tompkinsville Pier, Murray Hulbert Avenue south of Hannah Street at the Stapleton Waterfront, Staten Island
Borough
Staten Island
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
EDC/DPR/DOT
Certificate Number
28002
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Architecture
EDC/DOT
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22591 • Borough: Staten Island
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22591
Title
Construction of an operations building, Homeport Pier, 405 Front Street, Staten Island
Borough
Staten Island
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
EDC/DOT
Certificate Number
28001
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Architecture
DOE
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22589 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22589
Title
Installation of signage, I.S. 220K (John J. Pershing School), 4812 9th Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DOE
Certificate Number
27985
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Signage
DOE
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22588 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22588
Title
Installation of signage, I.S. 303K (Herbert S. Eisenberg School), 501 West Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DOE
Certificate Number
27986
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Signage
DDC
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22583 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22583
Title
Installation of rooftop mechanical equipment and enclosures, George R. Vierno Center, Housing 6A, 11-11 Hazen Street, Rikers Island Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DDC
Certificate Number
27979
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DDC
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22582 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22582
Title
Construction of locker rooms, North Infirmary Command, 15-00 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DDC
Certificate Number
27976
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DDC
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22581 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22581
Title
Installation of downspouts and rooftop mechanical units, Rose M. Singer Center, 19-19 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DDC
Certificate Number
27977
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DDC
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22580 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22580
Title
Installation of rooftop mechanical units and ductwork, Robert N. Davoren Center, 11-11 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DDC
Certificate Number
27980
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DDC
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22579 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22579
Title
Installation of mechanical units and louvers, Anna M. Kross Center, 18-18 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DDC
Certificate Number
27978
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DPR/DOT
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22578 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22578
Title
Reconstruction of the East River Esplanade, East 72nd Street to East 78th Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DPR/DOT
Certificate Number
27998
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DPR
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22577 • Borough: Queens
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22577
Title
Reconstruction of the basketball courts, Rochdale Park, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and 134th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27993
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22574 • Borough: Queens
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22574
Title
Installation of sports lighting and a scoreboard, 130th Street and 25th Avenue, College Point Ballfields, College Point, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27994
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22573 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22573
Title
Reconstruction of Dyckman Rest, Highbridge Park, Nagle Avenue, Dyckman Street, and Fort George Hill, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27995
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22572 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22572
Title
Reconstruction of Vinland Playground, Shore Road Park, between Shore Parkway and Shore Road at 94th Street, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27996
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22571 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22571
Title
Reconstruction of Woodlawn Playground, Van Cortlandt Park, Van Cortlandt Park East between Oneida Avenue and Kepler Avenue, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27997
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22559 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22559
Title
Reconstruction of Lafayette Gardens, Lafayette Avenue and Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27992
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DOT
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22558 • Title: Installation of an ADA ramp, 600 West 165th Street, Manhattan
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22558
Title
Installation of an ADA ramp, 600 West 165th Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DOT
Certificate Number
27989
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DOT
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22557 • Title: Installation of a ramp, 50-52 East 130th Street, Manhattan
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22557
Title
Installation of a ramp, 50-52 East 130th Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DOT
Certificate Number
27988
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
BNYDC
Date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22553 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2022-01-18T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22553
Title
Installation of louvers and a rooftop enclosure, Building 72, Market Street between Dry Docks 2 and 3, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
BNYDC
Certificate Number
27974
Public Private
Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22555 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22555
Title
Reconstruction of the Queens Storehouse (Allied II), 43 Meridian Road, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Meridian Road between East Road and Van Wyck Expressway, Flushing, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27966
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Architecture
EDC
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22550 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22550
Title
Installation of rooftop photovoltaic panels, 400 Food Center Drive (Krasdale Foods), Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
EDC
Certificate Number
27970
Public Private
Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
EDC
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22549 • Title: Installation of a storefront and signage (Nike), 625 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22549
Title
Installation of a storefront and signage (Nike), 625 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
EDC
Certificate Number
27969
Public Private
Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Signage
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22548 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22548
Title
Reconstruction of Woodside Memorial Plaza, Woodside Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27968
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22547 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22547
Title
Reconstruction of the Strong Street Playground, Washington’s Walk, Strong Street, Reservoir Avenue, and West 197th Street, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27967
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22546 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22546
Title
Reconstruction of the basketball court, Sol Bloom Playground, adjacent to P.S 84 (The Lillian Weber School of the Arts), Columbus Avenue between West 91st Street and West 92nd Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27965
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22545 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22545
Title
Reconstruction of Hoover Playground, Hoover-Manton Playgrounds, Manton Street, Main Street, and Queens Boulevard, Briarwood, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27964
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22544 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22544
Title
Reconstruction of Harold Schneiderman Playground, adjacent to P.S. 232, 83rd Street, 155th Avenue, and 84th Street, Howard Beach, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27963
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22543 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22543
Title
Reconstruction of a portion of playground Sixty-Two LXII, adjacent to P.S. 220, 62nd Avenue, 108th Street, and 62nd Road, Rego Park, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27962
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22542 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22542
Title
Construction of an adult fitness area and skate park, Seton Park, east of Palisades Avenue, between West 232nd Street and West 235th Street, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27959
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22541 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22541
Title
Reconstruction of the playground, Hamilton Fish Park, Pitt Street, East Houston Street, and Sheriff Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27958
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22540 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22540
Title
Loan of the Theodore Roosevelt Monument (1940) by James Earle Fraser to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Medora, North Dakota
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27957
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Committee and Consent
Project Type
Artwork
DEP
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22539 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22539
Title
Replacement of a rooftop chiller system, Main Building, Jamaica Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 150-20 134th Street, Jamaica, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DEP
Certificate Number
27954
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DOT
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22538 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22538
Title
Installation of distinctive light poles, east side of Madison Avenue between East 77th Street and East 78th Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DOT
Certificate Number
27955
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Distinctive lighting
DEP
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22537 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22537
Title
Installation of security cameras, Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 1270 Ryawa Avenue, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DEP
Certificate Number
27953
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
DOT
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22536 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22536
Title
Reconstruction of a bridge bulkhead and parapet, FDR Drive between East 42nd Street and East 49th Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DOT
Certificate Number
27956
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Bridge
DDC/DPR/DCLA
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22535 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22535
Title
Reconstruction of a landscaped terrace to support an exhibit (Earth Science Garden), Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DDC/DPR/DCLA
Certificate Number
27951
Public Private
Public and Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DDC/BPL
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22534 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22534
Title
Rehabilitation of the courtyard, Clarendon Branch Library, 2035 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
DDC/BPL
Certificate Number
27948
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22533 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22533
Title
Installation of handrails, Morningside Park, near Morningside Drive and West 113th Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27960
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DDC/DOT
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22532 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22532
Title
Reconstruction of a streetscape, including an expanded median, Delancey Street from Bowery Street to Clinton Street, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DDC/DOT
Certificate Number
27950
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DDC/QL
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22518 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22518
Title
Construction of an entry vestibule, Astoria Branch Library, 14-01 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DDC/QL
Certificate Number
27952
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Architecture
DDC/DOHMH
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22487 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22487
Title
Construction of the Bronx Animal Care Center, 2050 Bartow Avenue at Co-Op City Boulevard, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DDC/DOHMH
Certificate Number
27949
Public Private
Public and Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Architecture
DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22486 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22486
Title
Reconstruction of a portion of Michaelis-Bayswater Park, Bay 32nd Street, Beach Channel Drive, Beach 35th Street, and Norton Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Final
Agency
DPR
Certificate Number
27961
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DoITT
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22434 • Borough: Citywide
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22434
Title
Design of prototypical public communications structures (Link5G) for installation citywide
Borough
Citywide
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DoITT
Certificate Number
27973
Public Private
Public and Private
Action
Calendared for Public Hearing
Project Type
Street furniture
EDC
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22366 • Borough: Manhattan
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22366
Title
Installation of windows and an ADA ramp (East 34th Street Heliport Metroport), 499 East 34th Street at the East River, Manhattan
Borough
Manhattan
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
EDC
Certificate Number
27971
Public Private
Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
EDC/DPR
Date: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22267 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2021-12-13T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22267
Title
Reconstruction of a portion of a park, Bush Terminal Piers, west of 1st Avenue between 43rd Street and 51st Street, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
EDC/DPR
Certificate Number
27972
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Landscape architecture
DCLA%/DDC/DOHMH
Date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 21551 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-11-15T00:00:00.000
Project Id
21551
Title
Installation of Möbiusky by Eduardo Coimbra, Bronx Animal Care Center, 2050 Bartow Avenue at Co-Op City Boulevard, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Conceptual
Agency
DCLA%/DDC/DOHMH
Certificate Number
27919
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Artwork
DDC
Date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22523 • Borough: Brooklyn
Date
2021-11-15T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22523
Title
Installation of an interim guard booth and sally port, Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough
Brooklyn
Level Of Review
Preliminary
Agency
DDC
Certificate Number
27928
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Architecture
FDNY
Date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22515 • Borough: Queens
Date
2021-11-15T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22515
Title
Installation of a generator, Engine Company 260, 11-15 37th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
Borough
Queens
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
FDNY
Certificate Number
27946
Public Private
Public
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
EDC
Date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000 • Project Id: 22514 • Borough: Bronx
Date
2021-11-15T00:00:00.000
Project Id
22514
Title
Installation of a rooftop fan and vents, Arthur Avenue Retail Market, 2344 Arthur Avenue, Bronx
Borough
Bronx
Level Of Review
Preliminary and Final
Agency
EDC
Certificate Number
27944
Public Private
Private
Action
Calendared for Consent
Project Type
Building systems & Modifications
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