"2003 Innovation in Construction" Award

presented by Remodeling News Magazine

Five story brown stone building on 65th and Park Avenue in New York City, built in 1869.

Built in 1869, the building was a storefront on the first floor, and the remaining floors served as the living quarters for the owners of the building. The building is now being converted to upscale doctor’s offices on the fashionable Park Avenue in Manhattan.

We were called in by the owner due to the extreme deteriorated condition of the existing brown stone facade, including the brownstone window surrounds. The building is an historic landmark building in New York City. Upon close examination of the existing facade, we found the structure to be sound, however, the exterior skin of the brown stone and the window surrounds were too deteriorated to repair, as they had turned to soft powder. The challenge was to maintain the existing appearance, while keeping an aesthetic look that would be pleasing. All materials and work needed to be approved by the Landmarks Commission and had to maintain the architectural integrity of the original.

New architectural windows were installed, as well as a front entry way system. A traditional hand sculpted stucco brownstone block that was replicated to the design of the original building was used on the exterior. This is plastered on like stucco, floated down and then had lines scored in it to duplicate the original look. The window surrounds were duplicated exactly using extruded polystyrene encapsulated in urethane, then coated with a smooth acrylic finish. The exterior facade was also finished with a hand trowelled, smooth acrylic, modified Elastomeric coating.

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