Terra Cotta Relief--Park Avenue.A Local Law 11 Inspection of the 16 story pre-war cooperative building revealed facade damage that needed to be addressed. The brick building, with terra cotta cot·ta n. pl. cot·tae or cot·tas A short surplice. [Medieval Latin, of Germanic origin.] window surrounds and parapet was experiencing leaks on the top three floors. Working with the architect of record, Walter Sedovic Architects, Herbert Rose Herbert Rose (1890 – January 1937) was an Australian painter and etcher. Rose was born at Windsor, Melbourne the son of George Rose, a photographer. Herbert Rose assisted his father's photographic business, he studied art at the National Gallery of Victoria School from has begun taking apart the terra cotta panels, including lintels and restoring them to their original conformity both aesthetically and structurally. The project involves disassembling and evaluating approximately thirty window perimeters and deciding piece by piece which can be salvaged. The ornate lintels, as well as any cracked or spalled balconettes are being repaired using Cathedral Stone Jahn Cement. Herbert Rose is also repairing and rebuilding the Northeast and South corners where structural integrity needs to be rehabilitated. Previous projects include replacing the old quarry tile and roofing membranes with an elegant and easy to manage herringbone paver system on the building's 3,000 square foot wraparound Wraparound A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. terrace, and custom soldering soldering Process that uses metal alloys with low melting points to join metallic surfaces without melting them. Tin-lead solders, once widely used in the electrical and plumbing industries, are now replaced by lead-free alloys. copper gutters and a copper skylight skylight Roof opening covered with translucent or transparent glass or plastic designed to admit daylight. Skylights have found wide application admitting steady, even light in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings, especially those with a northern orientation. frame. |
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