Cast-iron facade
Cast-iron facade
A load-bearing facade composed of prefabricated parts, commonly used on buildings around 1850–1870.
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Danika Dorsey of Corcoran Sunshine, the project's sales director, said the building's large windows and its landmarked, cast-iron facade add to the building's appeal.
Instead of columns curing out from the building, they are indented into it -- the opposite of the typical cast-iron facade. The windows, which are usually recessed, will jut out from the facade.
Other problems were complicated and laborious but relatively straightforward: The cast-iron facade, for example, was disassembled piece by piece and shipped to Robinson Iron in Alabama, where each piece was examined and either repaired or recast, depending on its condition.
Holiday dioramas in the windows beneath ZCMI Department Store's handsome cast-iron facade have become part of the square's Christmas tradition, as have rides on horse-drawn carriages, which take on passengers at the S.
Meringoff added that the building's major capital improvement program, including two new lobbies, new elevators, new windows and a restoration and enhancement to the cast-iron facade, is now underwa.
The five-story property is 11,200 s/f and was built in 1854 with a cast-iron facade. The building has a useable basement, retail on the ground floor and four residential units above.
The property was building in 1854 and a cast-iron facade in neo-Grec style was later added to the first story.
Led by Jerome Cohen of GVA Williams, 28 West 23rd Street went through a major transformation in the 1970's, including a restoration of the building's cast-iron facade and the transformation of the building's courtyard into a replication of the courtyard of the Hotel Plaza Athenee in Pads.
Renovation of the Scholastic building's 1880s cast-iron facade required technical proficiency with historic materials and coatings, as well as sensitivity to the concerns of tenants and shoppers in the commercial and corporate structure.
In 1978, Margot Gayle, president of the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, gave an award to 23rd Street Properties for Cohen's careful restoration of the building's cast-iron facade.
The 3,500 s/f interior space lies behind a 1930's cast-iron facade, which is strongly gridded and decoratively cast with detail.
The five-story Cary Building, constructed in 1856, is one of the most important 19th-century structures in New York City, as it was one of the first in the world to use a full cast-iron facade.
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