Facelift for NY Hilton.The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Hilton, located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas in midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town Manhattan, has put on a new face. With the help of the Hudson-Shatz Painting Company, the well known hotel has transformed its two-story facade from a plain concrete finish to an elegant and understated faux marble. The Hilton's upgraded exterior now adds a striking visual element to its West Side surroundings. Using highly specialized tromp tromp v. tromped, tromp·ing, tromps Informal v.intr. 1. To walk heavily and noisily; tramp. 2. l'oeil painting techniques, decorative arts decorative arts, term referring to a variety of applied visual arts, both two- and three-dimensional, including textiles, metalwork, ceramics, books, and woodwork, as well as to certain aspects of architecture (see ornament), public buildings, and private houses (see specialists from Hudson-Shatz painted the facade of the building to resemble the textures, colors and grainy grain·y adj. grain·i·er, grain·i·est 1. Made of or resembling grain; granular. 2. Resembling the grain of wood. 3. Having a granular appearance due to the clumping of particles in the emulsion. inconsistencies that make ornamental marble such an attractive finish for buildings. "Because the Hilton's facade begins a full story above the street level, we had a particularly challenging job, said Gerry Kahan, president of Hudson-Shatz. "Our assignment was to give the surface a marble-like appearance from the street. However, real marble at that height would have appeared as a uniform color." In order to create the desired effect, the Hudson-Shatz mechanics painted the Hilton facade in a faux marble pattem on a gigantic gi·gan·tic adj. 1. Relating to or suggestive of a giant. 2. a. Exceedingly large of its kind: a gigantic toadstool. b. scale. The men climbed down from the scaffolding periodically and walked across Sixth Avenue to check the effect from street level. Custom-mixed, exterior coatings imported from Italy were used to ensure the durability demanded by the exterior of any New York building. The result was a surface that from the street is indistinguishable from fine ornamental marble, giving the Hilton facade a rich and elegant appearance. |
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