The architect behind a proposed Jewish bathhouse in Hollywood was ordered Tuesday to redesign the project after the city’s Historic Preservation Board said its contemporary look didn’t fit the neighborhood’s historic character. The decision leaves the Mikvah — already approved by the city’s planning department — in limbo until at least February.
The board’s vote capped a tense, hours-long meeting packed with more than 60 Hollywood Lakes residents, many of whom have spent months fighting the proposed project at 1434 Monroe Street.
The project calls for demolishing a 1949 single-family home and building a 2,500-square-foot contemporary building to be used as a Mikvah, a Jewish ritual pool used mainly by married women for full-body immersion to achieve spiritual purity…