Facade Restoration
A mid-rise, five-story building with a three-bay wide cast-iron façade that was designed by Samuel Warner and built in 1883 in a modified Neo-Grec manner. An unusually high storefront with bays defined by narrow pilasters at the center and slightly wider ones at either side all of which are decorated by projecting vertical ridges, incised Neo-Grec ornaments, and rosettes.
The square-headed bay units on the upper floor levels are handled in an identical manner. Each floor; separated from the one above and below by a high plain frieze, is flanked by wide fluted pilasters. The pilasters are topped by modified capitals decorated with a Neo-Grec ornament that is proto-Art Nouveau in its use of sophisticated, stylized organic forms. A similar treatment is used on the capitals above the slender central columns, which are set on high bases and have a double banding around their otherwise smooth shafts. The entire façade is crowned by a rather high entablature that includes paired Neo-Grec brackets above the side pilasters and each column. Between brackets are paneled friezes and dentils.
(LPC Designation Report, 1973)
The scope of work included wood window restoration and cast iron restoration consisting of the removal of all cast iron components, cataloging for eventual reinstallation. A menu of repairs was recommended due to the mostly deferred maintenance throughout the years and displacement of components due to the poorly placed fire escape attachments and settlement. Patching, mending, consolidating, casting of new elements, and replacement of all fasteners was performed to the approval of Landmarks Preservation Commission standards.