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Professional Women in Construction Names Valerie Landriscina, RA 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women in Construction 2021
RAND is proud to announce Project Architect Valerie Landriscina, RA has been named Professional Women in Construction 2021 20 Under 40 Outstanding Women in Construction award…
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RAND Project Wins Prestigious Historic Preservation Award
Last Thursday evening, my colleagues and I had the great honor to attend the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s 27th annual Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards, otherwise…
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Ask Our Experts: Landmarks Preservation Commission
New York City is known for its buildings, many of them steeped in history, culture, and architectural significance. Fortunately there are various groups and agencies dedicated…
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An Evening Celebrating Preservation
Last Thursday night my RAND colleagues and I joined more than 500 people to celebrate the beauty and grandeur of historic restoration at the 25th annual…
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Hunting for Deco Delights
All of you New York City Art Deco fans, here’s a pop quiz to test your knowledge. Identify the following buildings: This residential cooperative was built…
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Faster Approval for LPC Applications
The thicket of paperwork associated with New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has often been a deterrent for owners looking to upgrade properties with landmark designations.…
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Touring the “Cathedral of Commerce”
Although I’ve been an architect for 27 years, and lived in New York City for 33, until recently I had largely overlooked one of the city’s…
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Former Factory Gets Its Beauty Back
As an architectural student in Istanbul and Europe, I had the opportunity to study some inspiring buildings. I was reminded of those buildings when I was…
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Living Landmarks at The Plaza
Recently my husband (and RAND Project Engineer) Samuel and I had the honor of attending the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s 20th Living Landmarks Celebration—fittingly enough at…
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Celebrating Landmarks Lions
On Tuesday night my RAND colleagues and I had the pleasure of celebrating two New Yorkers who have enriched the city’s historic preservation movement. The Historic…
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The Lions Still Roar at the Algonquin
In my more than 30-year career as a bricklayer, preservationist, and project manager, I’ve been fortunate to have worked on many noteworthy buildings in New York…
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Looking Sweet in Sugar Hill
The Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District in Upper Manhattan has some beautiful buildings with amazing stonework, but also sadly a lot of decay. Fortunately one cooperative…
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Restoring a Landmark on Ladies’ Mile
Rand was recently hired to oversee an exterior restoration and roof replacement program at 901 Broadway, which the New York Observer called “one of the most…