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2004 Excellence in
Historic Preservation Award
Recipients
Project
Excellence
C. Rieger’s Sons
Factory, Bronx
The Brooklyn Historical
Society, Brooklyn
Richmond Avenue
Roundabouts, Buffalo
Louis Armstrong House
Museum, Queens
Knickerbocker Mansion,
Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County
Emerson Place Project,
Watertown, Jefferson County
Individual Excellence
U.S. Representative Maurice
Hinchey, 22nd Congressional District
Organizational
Excellence
The New York
City Department of Design & Construction
Project
Excellence
C.
Rieger’s Sons
Factory
Bronx, Bronx County
What
was once an abandoned industrial building in the South
Bronx was
converted to provide 34 units of rental
housing for low- and moderate-income families. This is an exemplary
preservation project: for too long a symbol of the decline of the rich
architectural and industrial heritage of the South
Bronx, C.
Rieger’s Sons is now a beacon of hope,
providing high-quality affordable housing.
Constructed
in 1906 for Christian Rieger, Jr., the building originally
housed a cabinet manufacturing business. After being abandoned in the
1980s, it
suffered considerable water and fire damage. In 2001, L&M Equity
Participants of Larchmont and Great American Construction of Mt. Vernon
assembled a team to carry out the a complete rehabilitation of the
building for
residential use. The group included Feder & Stia Architects;
Higgins &
Quasebarth, historic preservation consultants; Titan Restoration,
masonry
contractors; and Continental Custom Windows, wood window manufacturers.
Key Participants:
Sandy Lowentheil & Ron
Moelis
L&M
Equity
Participants
Tom Metallo
Great
American
Construction
Leslie
Feder & Bret
Stia
Feder & Stia Architect
Ellie
Quasebarth &
Cas
Stachelberg
Higgins & Quasebarth
Kaz
Rejmentowski
Titan
Restoration
Mary
Jablonski &
Joan Berkowitz
Jablonski
Berkowitz Conservation
James
Farrell
Continental
Custom
Windows
Andrew
Dolkart
Architectural Historian
Project
Excellence
Brooklyn
Historical Society
Brooklyn, Kings County
The League is
delighted to recognize the success of this multi-year effort to restore
a major
Brooklyn cultural institution. The outcome balances the grandeur of the
19th century with the technology and
accessibility considerations of the 21st. The installation of modern
building systems was carried out without
compromising the historic interior appearance, and the exquisite
craftsmanship
maintains the integrity of the exquisite design.
“Restoration of the
Brooklyn Historical
Society Building
involved hundreds of design and construction industry professionals
dedicated
to the rebirth of a 125-year-old George B. Post architectural
monument,” said
Bud Motzkin, Principal-in-Charge, Jan Hird Pokorny Associates.
“We
are very pleased that this effort has been
recognized by the Preservation
League.”
Key
Participants:
Mechanical/Electrical
Engineers
AltieriSeborWieber,
LLP
Structural
Engineers
Robert
Silman Associates, PC,
Lighting
Consultant
Cline
Bettridge Bernstein
Masonry
Conservation Consultants
Building
Conservation
Associates
Owner
The
Brooklyn Historical Society
James
Laughlin, President, Board
of Trustees
Owner’s
Representative
LandAir
Management/Project Resources
Construction
Manager
York
Hunter Services, Inc.
Funding
Sources
New
York City Department of
Cultural Affairs
National
Endowment for the
Humanities
The Othmer Foundation
NYS Office of Parks,
Recreation
and Historic Preservation
NYC Landmarks Preservation
Commission
Brooklyn Borough President’s
Office
Project
Excellence
Richmond
Avenue Roundabouts
Buffalo,
Erie County
The
re-introduction of these traffic circles represents a significant step
in the
restoration of Frederick Law Olmsted’s masterful 1868 Buffalo parkway system. In
addition to
serving contemporary needs such as traffic calming, the completed
circles reflect
the original design integrity by using carefully chosen streetlamps and
landscaping.
According
to Mayor Anthony Masiello, “Olmsted’s legacy is vitally important to Buffalo’s future. This project
shows how
the public sector and community groups can work together to accomplish
great
things. The Richmond Avenue Roundabouts will reunite neighborhoods and
enhance
an already beautiful and vibrant section of Buffalo.”
Key Participants:
Joseph Giambra, Commissioner,
City of Buffalo
Department of Public Works, Parks & Streets
Richard Buck, Associate,
Hatch Mott
MacDonald
Buffalo
Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Symphony
Circle Steering Committee
Richmond
Neighborhood Community Association
Rupp Family
Foundation
Colgate
Industries
Federal
Highway Administration
New
York State Department of Transportation
New York State
Historic Preservation
Office
City of
Buffalo Common Council
Erie
County Legislature
Destro
Brothers Concrete Co.
Project
Excellence
The
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Queens,
Queens County
The
Louis Armstrong House Museum is a celebration of an
icon of American Jazz, but also of the vernacular architecture of the
20th
century. The project transformed a
modest private dwelling into a house museum that is now a principal
destination
along New York’s ‘Jazz Trail’. Project managers took a sensitive
approach to
historic preservation when making the changes required for public
access.
“It
is a great honor to win this award,” said Michael
Cogswell, Director of the Louis Armstrong House. “The dedicated
efforts of the Louis Armstrong
Educational Foundation, Queens College, Borough President Helen
Marshall and
many others made it possible. “I am delighted that the Preservation
League of New York State has recognized the importance of sharing the
home of
Louis and Lucille Armstrong, and their generous spirit, with the public
for
generations to come.”
Key Participants:
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Michael Cogswell, Director
Platt Byard
Dovell White Architects
Scott Duenow, AIA
New York City Department of
Design & Construction
Jeremy Lockard
Design Project
Manager
Ricardo
Munoz
Construction
Project Manager
Sergio
Silveira
Michael
Nastasi
Gus
Kritharis
Lap
Chu
New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs
Victor
Metoyer, Deputy Director
Conservators
Jablonski
Berkowitz Conservation
Engineers
Landmark
Facilities Group
Exhibit Designer:
Stephen Saitas
Materials Conservation
Building
Conservation Associates
Project
Excellence
Knickerbocker
Mansion
Schaghticoke,
Rensselaer County
Support
for the Knickerbocker Mansion has been carefully
cultivated
over the years – and tourists, students and residents alike are reaping
the
benefits. Thanks to the vision and heroic work of the Knickerbocker
Historical
Society, this rare 18th century building has been saved from certain
ruin, and
the exterior of a historically significant property been restored.
According
to Stana Iseman, project director for the restoration, “Fund raising in
rural
communities for historic preservation projects like the Knickerbocker Mansion is extremely
difficult. The
Knickerbocker Historical Society thanks all of its supporters who
contributed
to this restoration effort.”
Key
Participants:
Knickerbocker
Historical Society, Inc.
Stana
Iseman, Project Director
Stanley Hemstreet, President
Architect
Robert
Pierpont
Contractors
Tuttle
Contracting Corporation
Ganem Contracting Corportation
Duncan and Cahill Construction
Key
volunteers:
Leslie
Allen
Stan &
Aileen Hemstreet
Anne
Sanderson
Judy
& Jon Stevens
Charlotte
Wanko
Funding
Sources
Volunteers
/Community Supporters
Senator
Joseph Bruno’s Legislative Initiative Funding
Howard and Bush Foundation
The Kaplan Fund
NYSCA
The National Trust
EQBA and
EPF Funds
Additional
participants:
Hollie
McNeil
Steven
Hemstreet
Donna
Barnhart
Mary Film
The Holland America Society
Project
Excellence
Emerson
Place Project
Watertown, Jefferson County
This
project demonstrates the power of historic preservation, through the
renaissance of an entire neighborhood following the restoration of Watertown’s formerly blighted
rowhouses.
The restoration of 22 housing units in a 100-year-old Georgian
Revival-style
row brought new life to a threatened area of Watertown, and will hopefully
serve as an
inspiration for increased preservation activity throughout the city.
Contributing
to the success of the project were the efforts of Con Tech Building
Systems,
Inc., Near East Side Neighborhood Improvement District, former
Watertown Mayor
Joseph M. Butler and current Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham. “How
exciting to have the pleasure of restoring a piece of our history and
at the
same time seeing it lead to the revitalization of an entire
neighborhood,” said
Gary Beasley, Executive Director of Neighbors of Watertown.
Key
Participants:
Crawford
& Stearns, Architects and Preservation Planners
Con Tech
Building Systems, Inc.
Robert J Reddick, President
Roy Perry, Project Manager
Neighbors
Of Watertown, Inc.
Gary C
Beasley, Executive Director
Near East Side Neighborhood Improvement District (NESNID)
Development
Authority of the North
Country
Key Bank
NA
National
Development Council
Ken Mix,
City Planner
Shawn
McWayne, City Code Enforcement Officer
Special
thanks to local media who provided
positive coverage:
Watertown Daily Times
WWNY TV-7
WTNY AM
WWTI TV-50
Organizational Excellence
New York City
Department of Design &
Construction,
Health Unit
When
urgent repairs were deemed necessary at three former state armories
used to
shelter New York City’s homeless population,
renovations were combined
into a single design project. The League salutes the DDC not only for
their
commitment to historic preservation, but for the example they set
through their
careful and creative restoration of these city-owned structures.
New York City owns three handsome
landmark
armories, built between1891 and 1910: The Park Slope and
Bedford/Atlantic
Armories in Brooklyn and the Franklin
Avenue Armory in
the Bronx. The Department of
Design and
Construction turned to Bovis Lend Lease to manage a design-build effort
to meet
the challenge of managing major capital improvements to these
deteriorated
structures. Bovis, in turn, put together a team of talented
preservation
professionals, including: Robert Silman Associates, structural
engineers; Stein
White Nelligan, architects; Jablonski Berkowitz, architectural
conservators;
James R. Gainfort; and Edwards & Zuck.
“The
Department of Design and Construction is proud to be a partner in New York City’s commitment to
historic
preservation,” said Commissioner David J. Burney, AIA. “New York City is fortunate in having
a diverse
portfolio of historic public buildings including police stations,
firehouses,
libraries and cultural institutions. The conversion of these historic
structures to modern uses is a special challenge, as we incorporate
modern
technology while preserving the essential quality and character of the
original
design. The Bloomberg administration has made a commitment to design
excellence
in our public works and we are grateful for the special recognition the
League
has bestowed on the conversion of former state armories.”
Key
Participants
The
City
of New York City Dept. of Design and Construction
Commissioner
David Burney
The City
of New York Department of Homeless Services
Joseph
Cusumano
Robert
Silman Associates
Timothy
Lynch & Erin Davis
Bovis Lend
Lease
Kevin
Taborsky
From DDC
Robin
Burns · Theodore Frank ·
Joanne Jong ·
John Bubniak · Michael Mendelewski
· Gregorio Romero · Anne
Papageorge ·
Louie Rueda · Charles Cellura
·
Frank D’Arpino · Mahendra Patel · Diane Smith ·
Siglinde Stern · Thomas Agnew ·
Dan Eschenasy · Frantz Woolley · Joseph LePique ·
Michael Alacha · Stephanie
Obloj · Danniel Carroll · Valentina
Marinescu · Jim
Ruchalski · Nick Mostovoy · Robert Lane ·
Kamal Bhuiyan · Augustine Clery · Santhosh Chemban
·
Theresa Salcedo
From
Department of Homeless
Services
Marcia
Williams · George Mantas · Irene Mantas · Raymond
Ortega
From RSA
Robert
Silman, Principal in charge
Joseph
Tortorella · Peter Champe · Helena
Meryman
From Stein
White Nelligan
architectural
subconsultant to RSA
Bruce
Nelligan · Christina Hansen
From James
Gainfort
architectural
subconsultant to RSA
Jim
Gainfort · Pat McDonough · Alejandra Madrinan
From
Jablonski Berkowitz Associates
conservation
subconsultant to RSA
Joan
Berkowitz, Conservator
From
Edwards & Zuck, MEP
engineering
subconsultant to RSA
Matt
Donolli
From Bovis
Lend Lease
Chris Rais
· Mike Iorfino · Edwin Ogando · Don
Ward · John
Osborne ·
Patrice Mann · Linda Mongiori · Michael Oprishco
Individual Excellence
Rep.
Maurice Hinchey
22nd Congressional District
Congressman
Maurice D. Hinchey was first elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives for
the 26th Congressional District of New York (now 22nd District) in
November
1992 after serving 18 years in the New York State Assembly.
During
his tenure in Albany, he was the prime
protector of New York's natural environment,
including
the integrity of the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. He was also
responsible for the
development of the statewide system of Urban Cultural Parks (now called
Heritage Areas) including the ones in Kingston and Binghamton.
He is the
author of the act that created the Hudson River Valley Greenway, as
well as the
legislation which created the Hudson River Estuary management program.
In 1996,
he wrote the federal legislation that established the Hudson Valley as a National Heritage
Area.
Congressman
Hinchey also serves on the Interior Appropriations subcommittee, which
determines funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the
National Park
Service, conservation programs, energy research and federal lands.
“Rep.
Hinchey’s accomplishments as an Assemblyman in Albany and as a Congressman
in Washington have furthered the
preservation
and interpretation of our cultural, historic and natural resources,"
said Scott P. Heyl, President of the Preservation League. "He is in
many ways a renaissance man of the 21st century, and the legislation
and
programs that he has introduced have led to heightened awareness and
appreciation
of these resources that are unique to the Empire State.”
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