Miracle at 90 West Street earns firm recognition.Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration's 90 West Street project has been ranked among the most notable projects in the city according to dollar volume. It was ranked number 14 by New York Construction Magazine's Top 20 projects 2004-05. The magazine cited Seaboard's work at 90 West Street, a 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. landmark that the The New York Times called "9-11's miracle survivor." Falling debris from the attack damaged the building's exterior and a fire raged for days, gutting parts of the interior. The building, constructed in 1907 by acclaimed architect Cass Gilbert, has been converted from offices into 410 apartments. "It was a privilege to work on such a distinguished building," said Michael Y. Ahearn, President of Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration. "In addition to the significance of this project from an historical perspective, it is an honor to be able to work in this part of New York City, which got knocked down, but not out." The $145 million project generated generated a lot of media buzz. Seaboard Weatherproofing and Restoration reproduced every detail, from the copper 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. to 7,000 new pieces of terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] and ornate hand-cut granite carved in Italy and Canada. Seaboard revamped the building's facade and its four-story base, hewn hewn v. A past participle of hew. Adj. 1. hewn - cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush" from granite cubes up to four feet thick, replacing most of the first three floors of granite base at the north facade with a new panelized pan·el·ized adj. Consisting of or characterized by prefabricated wall, floor, and roof sections that are shipped to and assembled at the building site: panelized housing. granite system. |
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