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Windows Contents 8 395 BROADWAY 30-31 THE CHEROKEE APARTMENTS 48-49 MORNINGSIDE GARDENS 9 150 JORALEMON STREET 32 CHATHAM GREENE 50 FIFTH AVENUE ARMORY 10 210 RIVERSIDE DRIVE 33 WASHINGTON SQUARE VILLAGE 51 I.S. 187K 11 100 RIVERSIDE DRIVE 34 800 WEST END AVENUE 52 42 GROVE STREET 12-13 JAFFE ART THEATER 35 LINDEN COURT 53 BERKELEY CARROLL 14-15 18 EAST 82ND STREET 36-37 CASTLE VILLAGE 54 AMERICAN YOUTH HOSTEL 16 2 CORNELIA STREET 38 SILVER TOWERS 55 ST. JOHNS CHURCH 17 WEST 89TH STREET TOWNHOUSE 39 MONTAGUE STREET 18 ROOSEVELT TERRACE 19 P.S. 153 3. Roofs 4. Our Team 20-21 GRAND STREET GUILD 42 NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING 56-57 PRINCIPALS 22 CHESAPEAKE HOUSE 43 JEROME GREENE HALL ASSOCIATES 23 900 5TH AVENUE 44 BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY 24 400 EAST 85TH STREET 45 TOWNLINE ROOF 25 WESTMINSTER HOUSE 46 HOLLAND AVENUE 5. Contact Us 26-27 GOUVENEUR COURT 47 GEORGE HARDY AND ST. FRANCIS APARTMENTS 4 5 1.Facades 6 7 395 Broadway 150 Joralemon Project: Exterior Restoration Project: Exterior Restoration Owner: 395 Broadway Condominium Owner: 150 Joralemon Street Owners Corp. Budget: $750,000 Budget: Witheld 395 Broadway is a turn-of-the-20th-century 150 Joralemon Street is a 12-story residential building steel frame building designed by Robert originally built in 1926 as an office building before it Maynickle and located within Manhattan’s was converted into a co-op in 1985. It is located in the Tribeca East Historic District. It was initially Brooklyn Heights Historic District. designed for lighting manufacturing before being converted into apartments. The street facades We have provided architectural services to 150 on Broadway and Walker Streets are limestone Joralemon Street for over 20 years. Most recently, with cast iron spandrels, and the secondary we performed Local Law 11/98 inspection and elevations are brick. The street facades notably related localized repair work at the building’s facade. feature an ornate sheet metal cornice. Structural reinforcements were performed to address structural deficiencies uncovered during the course Our exterior restoration of 395 Broadway of the repairs. Since the building is located in the focused on brick masonry restoration and Brooklyn Heights Historic District, all exterior repair rebuilding, re-roofing, and bulkhead cladding. work was subject to approval by the New York City The cornice was restored, which included Landmarks Preservation Commission. refabricating many of the applied formed zinc lions’ heads, rosettes, and modillion brackets that decorate the cornice’s underside. As part of the project’s scope of work, we also designed a new public roof deck that was installed in conjunction with the roof replacement. 8 9 210 Riverside Drive 100 Riverside Drive Project: Exterior Restoration Project: Exterior Restoration Owner: 210 Riverside Drive Tenants, Inc. Owner: 100 Riverside Corp. Budget: $1,400,000 Budget: $2,500,000 210 Riverside Drive is a 1909 steel-framed, Located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side limestone, brick, and terra cotta apartment Historic District Extension, 100 Riverside Drive is building designed by the firm of Schwartz & a circa-1930s 20-story steel-frame building with Gross. Though its large, projecting sheet metal corner windows that overlook the Hudson River. cornice from the original design was removed It has a fully bonded brick veneer and terra cotta in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, the block backup facade and is embellished with a building’s ornate terra cotta spandrels at roof cast stone base and ornamental detailing. 100 level, vivid terra cotta and limestone garlands, Riverside Drive was designed by Boak and Paris. and other ornamental details below have all survived. 210 Riverside Drive is located within For our exterior restoration at 100 Riverside Drive, the Riverside West End Landmark District. the masonry walls were restored, and the corner spandrels were rebuilt. The roof parapet was Our exterior restoration at 210 Riverside Drive rebuilt, the cast stone was reset, and the terraces consisted of the full rebuilding of the perimeter and roof were replaced as well. Our work has parapets, as well as a significant amount of included an extensive, ongoing waterproofing secondary elevation masonry rebuilding and program in connection with five previous cycles of structural steel reinforcement. Approximately Local Law 11/98 and FISP law. 70% of the existing terra cotta units were salvaged, cleaned, and reset. The remainder was replicated in extruded and hand-pressed terra cotta, both of which were slip-coated. The work also included facade cleaning and a full roof replacement. 10 11 Jaffe Art Theater Project: Exterior Preservation Owner: Reading International Budget: $1,700,000 The Jaffe Art Theater is a 1925 neo-Moorish theater commissioned by Louis Jaffe and designed by Harrison Wiseman originally built as a Yiddish-language theater and converted into a cinema in 1991. Both its interior and exterior are individually designated New York City Landmarks, and the theater is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The exterior preservation of the Jaffe Art Theater consisted of the replacement of damaged and deteriorated cast stone, parapet rebuilding, and the cleaning and coating of ground level cast stone. The roof and skylight were replaced, including the standing seam roofing at the ornamental bulkheads and impresario’s apartment. 12 13 18 East 82nd Street Project: Exterior Restoration & Reconstruction Owner: Witheld Budget: Witheld Awards: 2013 Residential Architect Design Awards Restoration/Preservation Merit This limestone facade townhouse was designed in 1901 by Richard W. Buckley and is located in the Metropolitan Museum Historic District. In the 1970s, the original fifth story ornamental façade and balustrade were demolished and replaced with an inappropriate four-bay buff colored brick bow-front extension with a slate roof. (page 15. See image on the left) Using a small amount of surviving physical evidence along with historic photographs and the original architect’s rendering, the façade, cornice, and balustrade were replicated in new matching materials. The project scope included the design, fabrication and installation of new limestone newels and code-compliant ironwork based on the original rendering. Previously clad in residential aluminum siding, the side elevation multi-story projecting bay window and spandrel assembly was reclad in paneled zinc coated copper. The windows of all facades were replaced with exact historic replicas. 14 15 2 Cornelia Street West 89th Street Townhouse Project: Exterior Restoration Owner: 2 Cornelia Street Condominium Association Budget: $1,300,000 Project: Exterior Rehabilitation Owner: KP Capital Advisors 2 Cornelia Street is a circa 1910 loft building with a Budget: $2,500,000 brick and limestone facade and is one of the more 326 West 89th Street is a five-story townhouse with unique architectural sights in its Greenwich Village fully bonded exterior masonry walls that support wood neighborhood. 2 Cornelia Street was converted into framing at the interior. This exterior restoration of the apartments in 1980. residence was part of a larger renovation and gut rehabilitation project. The restoration included a new Our restoration at 2 Cornelia Street paid great roof, new windows, and facade repairs. Since the attention to the building’s ornate brickwork, building is located in Manhattan’s West End Historic particularly at the spandrels and splayed piers. District, all exterior work was subject to approval Extensive structural steel reinforcement, including by the New York City Landmarks Preservation interior shoring and waterproofing, was performed Commission. during the restoration. Subsequent work at 2 Cornelia Street has included rebuilding the piers, designing new copings approved by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, and waterproofing the penthouse. 16 17 Roosevelt Terrace Project: Exterior Restoration Owner: Roosevelt Terrace Cooperative Budget: Work Ongoing Roosevelt Terrace is a residential complex located Queens’ Jackson Heights Historic District. It was designed by Philip Birnbaum and completed in 1954. The campus consists of four, “E”-shaped, nine-story bonded brick towers with a landscaped campus. Scope of work has included roof replacement, parapet rebuilding, localized masonry rebuilding, and exterior walkway repairs at various locations throughout the complex. We have also performed roof replacement at all three on-site below grade parking garages. The garage projects included installation of new lightweight concrete parking decks, playground, pedestal pavers, and planting areas at grade level above. P.S. 153