Awards of Excellence in Historic Preservation
Skyline's restoration project at The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, at 520 Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn, NY receives two prestigious...
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A SKYLINE RESTORATION PUBLICATION
ISSUE #45
SPRING/SUMMER 2023
NYC council members introduce package to "reduce the amount of scaffolding as well as heighten their design and lighting standards"
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- Feb 28
- 8 min
The Journey to Excellence
These awards recognize the quality, scale, and complexity of the carefully executed restoration — the result of a tremendous...
- Jan 6, 2022
- 4 min
Sweeping Updates to NYC Construction and Building Codes
City Council passes bill with over 600 major revisions that will improve the safety and well-being of all New Yorkers and ensure that NYC...
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Skyline Introduces Skyline Access
Industrial Rope Access Specialists This summer, Skyline Restoration launched Skyline Access to provide an added and enhanced service to...
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Restoring the past for the present and the future
At 74 Trinity Place, Skyline Restoration salvaged an early 20th century piece of history for generations to come It took six weeks to...
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
FISP and the Climate Mobilization Act
As building owners strive to
comply with the FISP, they need
to keep in mind that the 2020
NYC Energy Conservation Code
(NYCECC), a wholly n
- Jul 11, 2020
- 2 min
A state-of-the-art hall opens at LGA’s terminal B
On June 13, Skanska USA joined Governor Andrew Cuomo and Rick Cotton, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to...
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Restoration of the Bell Tower at NYU
The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU, named for the octogenarian monarch who ceded the throne to his son, features programming...
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Virtual presentation outlines key points on FISP - Cycle 9
On May 28, ICRI Metro-NY presented a virtual meeting on “Local Law 11/FISP- Navigating the Changes and What it Means for You,” postponed...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
FISP Cycle 9 Starts on February 21, 2020
Cycle 9 of the “Facade Inspection Safety Program” (FISP) starts on February 21, 2020, and runs through February 21, 2024. According to...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Drones to the Rescue?
By Paul Millman, PE, RA SUPERSTRUCTURES ENGINEERS + ARCHITECTS In a recent Op-Ed, Queens city councilman, Paul Vallone and Carlo...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Construction Resumes On Church At World Trade Center Site
Two years after a lack of funds halted construction of a marble-clad Greek Orthodox church at New York's World Trade Center site,...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
Local Law 97: The Centerpiece Of The Climate Mobilization Act
Local Law 97 of 2019 establishes strict limits for carbon emissions. It mandates steep emissions reductions measures throughout the...
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Thomas Heatherwick’s Pier 55 Sculptural Concrete Pots Near Completion In Chelsea
The large concrete pots that form the foundation of Thomas Heatherwick’s Pier 55 park over the Hudson River are close to completion. As...
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Restoration at Adee Tower in the Bronx
Adee Tower Apartments is a coop building located at 3000 Bronx Park East in the Bronx, in the area commonly known as Williams Bridge....
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Restoration Begins at New York State Pavilion’s Observation Towers
The New York State Pavilion’s observation towers at the former World’s Fair site in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park will finally be...
- Oct 14, 2019
- 1 min
Archtober 2019: New York City’s Architecture & Design Month Is On
Archtober, the annual month-long celebration of architecture and design in New York City that runs through the month of October, has...
- Jul 25, 2019
- 1 min
The First Historic District in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
On June 25th, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the Bay Ridge Parkway – Doctors’ Row Historic...
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
ENGINEER’S CORNER: What to Consider Before a Window Replacement Project
By Rebecca Reilly, Sullivan Engineering During the design phase of a window replacement project, building owners must consider many...
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
A New Recreational Roof at the Fifth Avenue Tower Condominium in Murray Hill
The Fifth Avenue Tower was developed when Republic Bank decided to proceed with building just one instead of two identical towers as...
- Jul 25, 2019
- 1 min
TWA Hotel opens in JFK airport’s iconic flight center
MCR and MORSE Development have reignited the magic of Eero Saarinen’s landmark 1962 TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, restoring and...
- Apr 18, 2019
- 2 min
ENGINEER’S CORNER: The Effects of “Frost Jacking” on Building Façades
By Paul Millman, PE, RA SUPERSTRUCTURES Engineers + Architects Now that spring has arrived, it’s a good time for building owners and...
- Apr 18, 2019
- 2 min
Façade Restoration at One Wall Street
The building at One Wall Street was constructed in 1929-31 as the corporate headquarters of the Irving Trust Company. This 50-story,...
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
Hudson Yards Opens – Inaugural Walk Traverses the Vessel
On Friday, March 15, 2019, Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in the nation and the largest in New York City since...
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