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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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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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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…