
Conservation Work & Houses
greenwich village / lower east side / chelsea




The Colonnade
Manhattan
A contextual row of five new townhouses to be built in a historic district in the lower part of Manhattan


Jefferson Market Library
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Restoration and conservation of the exterior of the Jefferson Market Library. Designed by Calvert Vaux & Frederick Withers in an neo-Venetian Gothic style and constructed in 1874 in an asymmetrical form with polychromatic materials, pinnacles, gables and stained glass windows. The building originally was used as a Courthouse, it was adapted into a library in 1967.The 172-foot pyramidal turret with clocks on all four sides once served as a fire watch tower with an alarm bell.




Instant Rehab
533-7 East 5th Street, Manhattan
In conjunction with Conrad Engineers, renovation of three Nineteenth century tenement buildings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 48 hours. A demonstration project funded by the Department of Housing & Urban Development to explore the application of prefabrication technology to deteriorated urban housing to reduce the costs of construction and eliminate relocation costs. Preassembled bathroom and kitchen units were fabricated on a pier in the East River of Manhattan, trucked to the site and stacked, one on top of another. Prefinished material was placed on scaffolding around the buildings. The tenants were temporarily housed in hotels and their furnishings placed in vans. Work was performed without interruption. After 48 hours the tenants returned to their completely renovated homes.


45 King Street
Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior and restoration of the interior of a Federal townhouse in the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District including the garden.
Landmarks Preservation Commission approval.


18 West 10th Street
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Preparation of a Historic Structure Report. Conservation of the exterior and restoration, in conjunction with the decorator Robert Couturier, of the interiors of a two family townhouse back to its original one family configuration. Built in 1855 in an Italianate Style with a brick and brownstone facade, the townhouse is in the Greenwich Village Historic District.
Landmarks Preservation Commission approval.


434 Hudson Street
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior and restoration of the interior of a house in the Greenwich Village Historic District. Part of a row of six brick houses, each four stories high and constructed in 1847 in a vernacular version of the late Greek Revival Style. 434 Hudson Street maintains its original storefront.
Landmarks Preservation Commission approval.


451 Hudson Street
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior and restoration of the interiors of an 1827 Federal Townhouse with a Greek Revival addition in the Greenwich Village Historic District.
Landmarks Preservation Commission approval.


304 Bleecker Street
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior, addition of a set back penthouse addition, restoration of the storefronts, removal of the fire escape and upgrading of the residential units of a four story dwelling in the Greenwich Village Historic District. Built in 1829 as part of a row of four three-story dwellings with ground floor stores, the fourth floor was added in the late nineteenth century.
Landmarks Preservation Commission.


22 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior and conversion of the interior of a three story commercial building in the Greenwich Village Historic District into a one family home and store. Built in 1839 and remodeled at the beginning of the 20th century into its present appearance.
Landmarks Preservation Commission approval.


23 8th Avenue
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Restoration of the interiors and the addition of a set back fourth floor of a three-story townhouse in the Greenwich Village Historic District. Designed in a Transitional Style between the Federal and Greek Revival Styles, it was constructed in 1840 with a brick facade as a part of a row of townhouses.


22 West 12th Street
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior and restoration of the interiors of a four-story and basement townhouse in the Greenwich Village Historic District. Designed in a Transitional Style between the Greek Revival and Italianate Styles, it was constructed in 1846 with a brownstone facade as a part of a pair of townhouses which included 20 West 12th Street.


232 West 15th Street
Chelsea, Manhattan
Conservation of the exterior and renovation of the interior of a Greek Revival townhouse in Chelsea including the installation of a 26′ long by 8 foot deep swimming pool in the Basement level with a two story high ceiling.