Cobble Hill TowersBrooklyn, New York |
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| The Cobble Hill Towers restoration and renovation involved the $5,000,000 rehabilitation of nine inter-connected 1876 National Landmark buildings into 187 dwelling units. The project has received national recognition and has been the recipient of the Urban Design Award for Preservation and Renovation and a $200,000 preservation grant under the 1966 Historic Preservation Act. It is the largest project developed under the neighborhood preservation program of the city of New York and has received acclaim in several publications. Richard Behr on the Cobble Hill Towers: "This project was a particularly difficult and interesting one. I was completing my MBA in Finance at the time (ten years after becoming a practicing architect) and when requested to become the architect on this project, I eagerly accepted and the project also became my thesis project. "The group of nine buildings is often referred to as 'The Granddaddy of Historic Preservation.' Six of the nine buildings were abandoned, and four of these had extensive fire damage. The buildings were all in rem tax arrearages and were due to be foreclosed. The remaining three were occupied by artists, dancers, and descendents of the original inhabitants. The buildings were originally developed by Alfred Treadwell White in 1876 as the first model tenement housing project in the United States, providing for light, air, and a quality urban living environment." We accomplished the restoration and renovation of all nine buildings. This included restoration of the cast iron, slate, and interesting brick work, as well as the buildings and the site. The Cobble Hill Towers project was dedicated by the mayor of New York City and is used as an example of accomplishing extremely complicated historic preservation and adaptive reuse. This page contains several photographs of the Cobble Hill Towers. Depending on your connection speed, these photographs may require a few moments to fully display. |
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