Five years on, Seaboard restores facade damaged on 9/11.The restoration team for 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. was recently named a recipient of 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 Landmarks Conservancy's Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, the top award in the building restoration industry. The "Lucy" award acknowledges extraordinary passion, ongoing professionalism, and outstanding projects. Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration and other team members were formally recognized at the 15th annual Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards ceremony and reception at the landmark Saint Bartholomew's St. Bartholomew’s can refer to:
The Gothic landmark at 90 West Street, formerly known as the Coal & Iron Building, was designed by Cass Gilbert Noun 1. Cass Gilbert - United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934) Gilbert , who completed the building in 1907 and used it as a prototype for his taller and more famous Woolworth Building. The 24-story building's exterior sustained severe damage to its terra-cotta facade, granite base and mansard roof mansard roof (măn`särd), type of roof, so named because it was frequently used by the French architect François Mansart. It was not devised by him but was used early in the 16th cent. from falling debris in the collapse of the nearby World Trade Center. Seaboard's reconstruction work included replacement of 7,000 terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] stones on the facade, rebuilding of the first three stories of the ornate granite wall facing Ground Zero, installation of decorative gargoyles gargoyles medieval European church waterspouts; made in form of grotesque creatures. [Architecture: NCE, 1046] See : Ugliness and other figures, and replacement of the copper mansard roof and roof balustrade. "The Preservation Awards are tops in the New York area for recognizing excellence in restoration of historic buildings. We are honored to have received an award for our important role in bringing this lower Manhattan landmark back to its former glory," said Michael Y. Ahearn, president of Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration. The 90 West Street restoration ranked number 14 on the New York Construction Magazine's list of Top 20 projects 2004-05. Because it is a New York City Landmark, all work on 90 West Street was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which ensures that exterior restorations are historically accurate. Seaboard is recognized in the industry for its quality restoration work on historic buildings. |
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