Lincoln Park West Chicago, Illinois ENGINEER – George A. Kennedy & Assoc., Ltd., Chicago, IL Stone Repair DEVELOPER – NVG Residential Inc., Chicago, IL 2005 – 2006 DISTRIBUTOR – The Glenrock Company, Northlake, IL PROJECT TASK PROJECT SOLUTION PRODUCTS Repair the deteriorating exterior stonework Restore various architectural details Matrix of a 16-story condominium building. with a colored repair mortar that matches the original substrate. Top three and bottom left photographs were taken “before and during” and the bottom center and right were taken “after” the work was completed. PROJECT HISTORY Salesman William Wrigley, Jr., came to Failed patches, corroded reinforcing steel, Matrix resists cracking, weathering, and Chicago in 1891 with $32 in his pocket and time had all worn at the stone and abrasion; making it an ideal repair mortar and used free sticks of gum to sell baking brick exterior of the structure. Large sections for the harsh midwestern climate. powder. Gum proved more lucrative; of stone were either chipped away or Matrix pigments were blended to match and the Wrigley chewing gum business missing completely. Windowsills, window the color of the original substrate, applied was born. After completion of the frames, and ornamental pieces showed and sculpted to recreate the damaged Wrigley Building in 1924, he began considerable wear and needed restoration. architectural features and give new life developing Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. George A. Kennedy & Associates specified to the façade. 2000 N. Lincoln Park West, completed Matrix, a repair mortar formulated to by the early 1930s as a residential hotel match the color and physical properties with 195 units, was one of the last of the parent material. With the ability to structures completed by William Wrigley, shave Matrix, sharp edges and architectural Jr., before his death in 1932. designs can be easily recreated. 17 Production Drive, Dover, NH 03820 Tel. 800.258.3500/Fax 603.743.5744/Web www.conproco.com .