Sat 13 Dec 2008
Turning Back Time, Carefully, on Portraits at City Hall
Filed under: City Hall, Art, Restoration and Rehabilitation, New York City — @ 1:52 am

The meticulous work of City Hall’s conservator; part chemist, part repairman and part artist.

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Fri 12 Dec 2008
Turning Back Time on the Portraits at City Hall
Filed under: City Hall, Art, Restoration and Rehabilitation, New York City — @ 9:27 pm

The meticulous work of City Hall’s conservator; part chemist, part repairman and part artist.

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Sat 6 Dec 2008
About New York: Hanging on in a Building Stripped to Its Timbers
Filed under: Landlords, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Bathrooms and Toilets, Renting and Leasing, Housing, Manhattan (NYC), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Washington Heights (NYC), New York City — @ 6:50 am

It is hard to walk through the building at 452 Fort Washington Avenue in Upper Manhattan and not catch a whiff of madness.

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Sat 6 Dec 2008
About New York: Holding On At Building Stripped To Timbers
Filed under: Landlords, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Bathrooms and Toilets, Renting and Leasing, Housing, Manhattan (NYC), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Washington Heights (NYC), New York City — @ 4:03 am

It is hard to walk through the building at 452 Fort Washington Avenue in Upper Manhattan and not catch a whiff of madness.

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Tue 2 Dec 2008
Preservation and Development, Engaged in a Delicate Dance
Filed under: St Vincent's Hospital, Demolition, Tierney, Robert B., Museum of Arts and Design, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Architecture, Historic Buildings and Sites, Buildings (Structures), Politics and Government, Restoration and Rehabilitation, New York City — @ 1:38 am

Over a decade of whirlwind development, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has repeatedly played dance partner to a potent mix of preservationists, developers and city politicians.

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Mon 1 Dec 2008
Preserving the City: Houses of Worship Choosing to Avoid Landmark Status
Filed under: Landmarks Preservation Commission, Bureaucratic Red Tape, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Law and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Historic Buildings and Sites, Buildings (Structures), Religion and Churches — @ 11:39 pm

Many argue that the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has not done enough to protect churches from the overheated real estate market.

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Mon 1 Dec 2008
Preserving the City: Church and State
Filed under: Landmarks Preservation Commission, Bureaucratic Red Tape, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Law and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Historic Buildings and Sites, Buildings (Structures), Religion and Churches — @ 5:44 am

Many argue that the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has not done enough to protect churches from the overheated real estate market.

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Mon 1 Dec 2008
Rescuing a Landmark From Time and the Elements
Filed under: Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, New York Studio School, Architecture, Art, Historic Buildings and Sites, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 4:21 am

Part of the 90-year-old studio of sculptor and Whitney Museum of American Art founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is being restored.

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Mon 1 Dec 2008
Awash in New Light, Angels Are Revealed
Filed under: Cathedral Church of St John the Divine (NYC), Episcopal Church, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Fires and Firefighters, Religion and Churches, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 3:57 am

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine was rededicated on Sunday during a three-hour service filled with pageantry, dance and the booming chords of its restored organ.

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Sun 30 Nov 2008
After Smoke, Soot and Water, a Great Church Is Cleansed
Filed under: Stained Glass, Cathedral Church of St John the Divine (NYC), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Fires and Firefighters — @ 1:13 am

Since a fire in 2001, one part or another of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine has been closed for restoration. It will be formally rededicated on Sunday.

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