30 Months
Project Duration
UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN
253 West 72nd Street
Local Law 11 facade repairs on an occupied 22-story prewar apartment building in the West End-Collegiate Historic District.
About the Project
Local Law 11 facade repairs are underway at 253 West 72nd Street, a 22-story prewar apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The approximately 150,000-square-foot scope covers all four elevations and includes terra cotta replacement, GFRC replacement at the gable pediment, parapet reconstruction, brick replacement and repointing, and new lintels and sills. Located within the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension, the building’s exterior repairs are also subject to Landmarks Preservation Commission requirements. Construction is being sequenced while the building remains fully occupied.
- 01 Local Law 11 repairs across all four elevations
- 02 Terra cotta and GFRC replacement
- 03 Parapet, masonry, lintel and sill repairs
Project by
the Numbers
150,000 sq ft
Project Footprint
14 experts
Team Members Involved
Expected 2027
Completion Date
A Closer Look at the Transformation
253 West 72nd Street
Built in the mid-1920s to designs by Schwartz & Gross, 253 West 72nd Street originally opened as the Westover Hotel, an apartment hotel planned for 250 families. Today the 22-story building is known as the West Pierre. It rises from a two-story limestone base to buff brick elevations and a two-story penthouse and, located between Broadway and West End Avenue, forms part of the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension.
The building’s Local Law 11 inspection identified repair conditions affecting the terra cotta ornament, brick masonry, parapets, lintels and sills. Where existing terra cotta can be matched, deteriorated units are being replaced in kind. At the gable pediment, the terra cotta is being fully replaced with glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC).
KNS is carrying out the work using five swing scaffolds with a crew of 14, sequenced across the building’s four elevations while residents remain in place throughout construction. Because 253 West 72nd Street sits within a designated historic district, the exterior work must also meet Landmarks Preservation Commission requirements, and the repairs address the conditions identified in the building’s Local Law 11 inspection.
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