90 West Street restoration earns FMD National Trust recognition.Facade Maintenance Design (FMD FMD foot-and-mouth disease. ), a New York City-based architectural and engineering firm that specializes in exterior rehabilitation and restoration, received a National Trust for Historic Preservation 2006 Honor Award for the restoration of the landmark 90 West Street building in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The award was presented at a ceremony held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The announcement was made by FMD president Richard W. Lefever and vice president Mark Anderson. The Gothic landmark at 90 West Street, formerly known as the Coal & Iron Building, was designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1907. The 24-story building's exterior facade sustained serious damage on September 11, 2001 from falling debris upon the collapse of the World Trade Center On September 11, 2001, the two main towers of the World Trade Center complex were each hit by aircraft as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The south tower (2 WTC) collapsed at 9:59 a.m., less than an hour after being hit, and the north tower (1 WTC) followed at 10:28 a.m. . "The restoration of this building is a powerful symbol for the recovery of Lower Manhattan--the resurrection of its special historic places, and the potential for new life in this devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. area," said Wendy Nicholas, director, NTHP NTHP National Trust for Historic Preservation NTHP Network Technologies and High Performance Protocols . |
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