Tag Archive: terra cotta

DOB is taking a closer look at how QEWIs inspect facades, document conditions, and justify repair strategies in Cycle 10. Reports involving decorative materials like terra cotta and stone are receiving especially detailed review, making it important for owners and managers to understand DOB’s focus and prepare stronger filings.

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 City. None, however, has had more significance to me than the Algonquin Hotel, a...

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 board in the neighborhood has been working hard to maintain its building's architectural integrity...

One of the things I love about my job as a project associate is seeing interesting architectural details up close. While recently conducting a 7th Cycle Local Law 11/98 facade inspection at 56 East 87th Street on the Upper East...