Park Lane Apartments
Exterior Repair and Window Replacement
Park Lane Apartments (left) replaced 1,890 windows and made extensive repairs to the exteriors.
State-of-the-art aluminum casement windows (center) preserved the historical significance of the buildings. Thermally insulated double-paned windows (right) reduced noise transmission.
Property:
Four-building, 160-unit cooperative in Mount Vernon, NY
Project Overview:
Exterior repair and window replacement.
Engineer:
RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC
New York, NY
Contractors:
Robert D. Anderson Company
(exterior Repair)
$794,000
construction cost
Industrial Window Corp.
(window replacement)
$851,000 construction cost
Board Members:
Helen Blackwood and Bob Costello
Park Lane Apartment Corp.
Scope of Work :
- Replaced 1,890 apartment and basement windows (1,625 double-hung, 234 casement, 31 projecting).
- Single-paned wood and single-paned steel units replaced with double-paned thermally insulated aluminum units.
- Aluminum units reduce noise transmission and retained look and feel of original historic architectural design.
- Repaired and recoated stucco facade.
- Replaced terra cotta blocks, brickwork, lintels, and dentils.
- Rotting wood keystones, originally designed to look like stone, replaced with actual cast stone.
- Restored original cornice and decorative quoins.
- Refurbished fire escapes.