Winner of NYARM’s Best Facade Improvement Award:
245 Seventh Avenue
Local Law 10/80 Repair
A new face: The pressure-cleaned frieze (top) revived the facade, as did
replacing terra cotta cornice segments and the original copper cornice
(below).
Property: 245 Seventh Avenue
12-story, 32-apartment condominium in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.
Project
Scope:
Local Law 10/80 Repair
Local Law 10/80 Inspection:
September 1999
Design/Bidding/
Construction:
February 2000 to August 2002
Engineer:
Rand Engineering, New York, N.Y.
Contractors:
Arrow Restoration, Long Island City,
N.Y.
(facade work), $319,000 contract price.
DJM Contracting, Long Island City, N.Y.
(cornice replacement), $49,000 contract price.
Property Manager:
Jack Lerner, Plymouth Management Group,
New York, N.Y.
Board Contact:
Jeff Lew, President, Chelsea Atelier Condominium
Highlights:
Replaced defective terra cotta segments along two facades and along decorative terra cotta cornice using reinforced pre-cast concrete replacement segments.
Recaulked terra cotta water table and windowsill cross-joints.
Repaired defective face brickwork along the two street-facing facades.
Rebuilt corner masonry, and refurbished and reinforced underlying structural steel.
Replaced original copper cornice on top of the roof perimeter with matching in-kind cornice along street-facing facades.
Pressure-cleaned all exposed brickwork and stonework along the two street-facing facades.
RAND Engineering
& Architecture, PC
159 West 25th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.675.8844 | F: 212.691.7972 | www.randpc.com
| info@randpc.com
