Tishman Interiors collects award for West St. restoration project.Tishman Interiors Corporation is the recipient of a "Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award" from 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 for its restoration work at the Verizon Building The Verizon Building is a 32-story Art Deco building in New York City, located in Lower Manhattan. It is named for Verizon Communications, for which it is the headquarters. , located at 140 West Street in Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North . The annual award confers the Landmark Conservancy's highest honors for excellence in historic preservation Historic preservation is the act of maintaining and repairing existing historic materials and the retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time. When considering the United States Department of Interior's interpretation: "Preservation calls for the existing form, . TIC was honored with its client Verizon and a team of expert architects, consultants and subcontractors. Tishman is serving Verizon as Construction Manager overseeing the disaster-recovery rebuild and historic preservation of the 140 West Street Building, originally completed in 1927. On September 11, 2001, The Art Deco tower sustained severe structural and mechanical damage caused by debris from the collapse of the Twin Towers and the adjacent 7 World Trade Center. The lead architect for the restoration work is William F. Collins AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture Architects, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . Tishman coordinated efforts to restore the building's telecommunications and mechanical systems in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, and later oversaw extensive repairs to 140 West Street's facade and interiors. The lobby, which was designated an interior land mark in 1991, had been damaged by burst water mains and firefighting efforts following the attacks. It took a team of 30 conservators, technicians, and artists over two years to restore a 210-foot-long vaulted ceiling, which was brought back to life inch-by-inch through an intricate restoration process. The ceiling is embellished with murals depicting the stages in the evolution of human communication. Peg Breen, President of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, said: "Verizon, Tishman and the entire team working on 140 West Street performed exemplary duties in completely restoring one of New York's preeminent architectural gems. "When it was originally constructed, this building was a monument to a new era of growth and prosperity in our city and with its rebirth, it is once again a defining element in a new Downtown New York." The First Art Deco Skyscraper 140 West Street was commissioned by the New York Telephone The New York Telephone Company (NYTel) was organized in 1896, taking over the New York City operations of the American Bell Telephone Company. Predecessor companies The Telephone Company of New York Company for its Headquarters and completed in 1927 as the Barclay-Vesey Building. The 32-story brick and limestone tower, designed by lead architect Ralph Walker, reaches nearly 500 feet and is considered one of the most significant structures in the annals of skyscraper design. It is widely recognized by architects and historians to be the first Art Deco skyscraper, and its designers were awarded the Architectural League of New York's "Gold Medal of Honor" in 1927 for fine expression of the new industrial age. The building boasts intricately carved cubic blocks of ornamental limestone and ornately detailed panels on its exterior that depict a broad range of designs. These motifs are repeated in the lobby, which contains veined marble walls, travertine travertine (trăv`ərtĭn, –tēn), form of massive calcium carbonate, CaCO3, resulting from deposition by springs or rivers. floors decorated with bronze medallions. A neo-Romanesque vaulted arcade runs the entire length of the building's Vesey Street side. A Painstaking Process Revives a Landmark Piece by piece, the building's architectural elements and artwork were carefully restored to their original detail and luster. Technical analysis, historical research, and precise coordination were all components of the preservation effort. Restoration of 140 West Street's facade required 520,000 bricks, 22,500 cinder cin·der n. 1. a. A burned or partly burned substance, such as coal, that is not reduced to ashes but is incapable of further combustion. b. A partly charred substance that can burn further but without flame. blocks, and 93 tons of structural steel. To revive the building's lobby murals, technicians used hypodermic needles to inject acrylic resin and into crevices to reattach Re`at`tach´ v. t. 1. To attach again. plaster and paint. Workers also painted 509 linear feet of floral decorative panels to replace the originals. EverGreene Painting Studios Inc. was responsible for the lobby and mural restoration. |
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