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A SKYLINE RESTORATION PUBLICATION
Kate Allen, President of Allen Architectural Metals, discusses how she and her team preserve, repair, or replicate historic metal and how they determine which course of action to take.
ISSUE #51 WINTER 2024/2025
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A new logo for POPS
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The First Historic District in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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“Safety. The only job more important than the job.”
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Construction Safety Training Deadline May Be Extended Again
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Apr 19, 20193 min read
Annual NYC DOB Build Safe|Live Safe Conference
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Apr 18, 20191 min read
DOB’s Acting Commissioner Pledges Continued Commitment to Safety
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Apr 18, 20191 min read
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Local Law 196 Deadlines Extended –The Industry Reacts and Responds
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Rick Chandler is Stepping Down As Buildings' Commissioner
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Sarah Carroll, the Newly Appointed Chair of LPC, Talks to SKYlines
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“City Canvas” for Construction Fences and Sidewalk Sheds
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Jan 16, 20191 min read
Local Law 196 – One Year Later
One year ago, on October 16, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stood at the podium advertising the slogan ‘SAFER NYC’ to announce...
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Skyline Restores Two NYU Buildings in NoHo District
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LPC's Vice Chair Frederick Bland
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New NYC Real-Time Interactive Maps
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Glen-Gery at NYCSRA's Sixth Annual Technical Meeting
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New Ferries Headed for NYC
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Coney Island’s Boardwalk Becomes a Landmark on its 95th Anniversary
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Scaffold Law Reform Day 2018
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Srinivasan, LPC Chairwomen, Served Last Day in Office on June 1st
The chair of New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan, served her last day on June 1st following the...
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Local Law 196 of 2017: Construction Site Safety Training (SST)
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Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to LPC Rules
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