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Sohmer Piano Building

Robert Maynicke designed this distinguished Neo-Classical building for developer Henry Corn in 1897. Located within the Ladies’ Mile Historic District of Manhattan, the long narrow 12 story structure occupies a corner site just west of the historic Flatiron Building. The east end of the narrow Sohmer Piano Building is capped with a magnificent two-story octagonal […]

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Sohmer Piano Building

Robert Maynicke designed this distinguished Neo-Classical building for developer Henry Corn in 1897. Located within the Ladies’ Mile Historic District of Manhattan, the long narrow 12 story structure occupies a corner site just west of the historic Flatiron Building. The east end of the narrow Sohmer Piano Building is capped with a magnificent two-story octagonal […]

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Ukrainian Institute

The five-story Fifth Avenue limestone townhouse, in the French Gothic style, was built in 1897 and designed by the architect C.P.H. Gilbert. It is currently the home of the Ukrainian Institute of America. The exterior wall construction is a bearing brick wall with dressed limestone ashlar facing. This construction contains numerous embedded cast iron components […]

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62 Greene Street

The building was designed by architect Henry Fernbach and completed in 1872. Fernbach designed nine cast iron loft buildings on this block alone. In the 70’s it was converted into artist lofts organized as a co-op. The building is  located within the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. A comprehensive exterior restoration program, including all of the […]

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Plaza 400

This 40-story apartment building occupies the block between East 56th and East 55th Streets on First Avenue. Erected in the early 1960’s as an affordable residential rental building, it was converted to a co-op in the 1980’s. The building was troubled by masonry and structural problems. The first phase of a multi-year plan addressed comprehensive […]

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Margaret Sanger Clinic

“Built in 1846 by Architect Edward Mesier, the bowed front of this building is more typical of row houses found in Boston, rather than in New York. The Greek revival doorway, and its eared architrave, frieze, egg and dart molding, and modillioned cornice are fine examples of the details particular to this style.” NYC Preservation […]

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70 Vestry Street

This outstanding turn of the century, industrial era, refrigeration building was converted to residential use in 1999. The conversion of the building, which spans a full block, called for cutting out an interior portion of the original building to create a central courtyard to bring in light and air for new apartments. The new exterior […]

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685 Third Avenue

These two joining towers are sister buildings made of distinctly different construction systems.  The north tower is made up of a reinforced concrete frame with masonry block and facebrick. The south tower is a steel frame with a similar block and facebrick construction on the lower floors and a glass curtain wall cladding system on […]

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780 Third Avenue

780 Third Avenue is a 50-story midtown Manhattan tower consisting of a concrete structure clad in granite panels and bronze glass. Roofs, masonry, bulkheads, maintenance rigging and guard railings were all in poor condition. The repairs program addressed all primary deficiencies.