Stephen Byrns, one of the partners in BKSK Architects, the New York firm that handled the building's renovation, pointed out the oil-rubbed bronze doorknobs as well as his favorite architectural detail: the metal-frame windows' muntins, their metal crossbars.
However, the Union Square Partnership, the business improvement group that contributed much of the money toward the renovation, has pointed out that one of its largest donors made a donation that was contingent on the establishment of a restaurant.
Wank Adams Slavin Associates, an architectural firm that has prepared a 10-year renovation plan, pointed out the error in a letter dated April 21, delayed in routing at The Times.
Ms. Oka Doner admires the renovation, to a point.
However, at a certain point, renovation may no longer make sense.
RENOVATION As Curren pointed out, the tennis center was charmless at best.
Besides, many aspects of accessible design don't add greatly to the cost of renovation itself, Ms. Pierce pointed out.
Case in point: the renovation of the boathouse on Constitution Island, 287 acres, owned by West Point, that sits 300 yards out in the Hudson River.
Flip taxes have been used in co-ops for decades, but many condos are just now considering them, mainly because condominiums are a relatively recent phenomenon in New York and so the buildings are only now reaching the point when renovation work is needed.
Congressman Massa of the Renovation Front is ten points further behind.
