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One of the biggest challenges in this house project is the fact that our house practically shares a wall with our neighbor.  Like many urban “townhouse” constructions we inherited a handful of the challenges that come from having a zero side yard setback from our neighbor. We’ve referred to this house at 15 River Street...
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With Zoning and Hist. Preservation Architectural Review Board approvals secured in the winter of 2019-20, then after a spring time “PAUSE” for the COVID-19 Pandemic, the project to rebuild and restore this building finally began on June 11th, 2020.  The scope of work in a nutshell, is to restore the form and massing of the...
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While the interesting history of the house had its appeal, the purchase was all about location. The house sits overlooking the start of the Susquehanna River.   As fate would have it, a burst pipe and thousands of gallons of water one cold spring day in 2006, caused the need to strip much of the...
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After nine and a half years of ownership and planning, we started the rehabilitation of a property that we understand to date from the 1810s. The building at 13 River Street in the historic Village of Cooperstown, was originally constructed as an addition to the c.1790s Federal-style home at 15 River Street. This wood-framed one...
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tax credit news
For many active in the preservation field and specifically related to redevelopment projects, the availability of financial incentives such as the Federal Historic Tax Credits (FHTC) for Commercial Rehabs is critical. For this reason, in the months of discussion in Washington over what would and would not be included in the GOP’s Tax Reform Bill,...
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On January 18, 2018, at approximately 4 p.m., passersby on the sidewalks of Main Street in Saranac Lake witnessed Hotel Saranac staff pulling down the paper that lined the storefront windows to reveal the bustling activity of a shopkeeper and restaurant and hotel staff all ready to welcome the community in for the first time...
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On January 16, 2018, the National Register of Historic Places officially designated the 1896 St. Casimir’s Catholic Church and adjacent rectory, along with its 1905 School and 1924, Convent to the nation’s official list of properties worthy of preservation. As the city’s newest historic district, it is recognized that these properties hold significant importance to...
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Each year as the weather gets colder, we receive a number of inquiries via email, phone or FaceBook asking for suppliers of traditional wood storm windows. For the houses we’ve worked on we’ve tried a large number of suppliers, fabricators, and contractors, so are in a good position to provide the review below. For those...
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(an excerpt from the blog post The Craftsman Blog – http://thecraftsmanblog.com/4-ways-preservation-could-be-better/)  The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Historic Preservation Act (of 1966) and I have been thinking a lot about where we have been, where we are and where we could be when it comes to historic preservation. If you’re a follower of this blog...
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The city of Albany is not unlike many other upstate NY communities in that its housing stock is quite affordable, and dare I say even undervalued. This is what initially attracted us here, especially after having lived in Washington DC. San Francisco and Boston – cities with very high cost of living and very high...
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