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  • Main Street Mall
    Summer, 1975 
    Lawrence Halprin Associates, Architects
    City of Charlottesville, VA
    Custom Cast Monumental Pots and Bollards
     

  • Astor Place Subway Entrance Kiosk
    April 1985
    Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen, Architects
    New York City Transit Authority
    Replication and installation of historic kiosk from drawings and photographs 

  • Court Square Fountain
    August, 1984
    City Engineers City of Montgomery
    City of Montgomery AL
    Complete disassembly, recasting, reassembly and reinstallation of 25’ Landmark fountain 

  • Beard/Zinzer Building
    December 1985
    Kidd, Plosser, Sprague Architects, Inc.
    Historical Preservation Authority of the City of Birmingham, Alabama
    Restoration of Cast Iron Front Building
     

  • Carnegie Hall
    November 1986
    Interior Railing, Interior Box Dividers, Lampposts 

  • Meeting Street
    August, 1986
    H.A. DeCosta CoCity of Charleston, SC
    Restoration of Cast Iron Front Buildings 

  • Solo Building Planters
    June, 1986
    Robert Isabell
    Solo Building- New York, NY
    Custom Planters

  • Iolani Palace  
    January, 1986
    Spencer Mason Partnership
    Honolulu - State of Hawaii
    Reproduction of Historic Lamppost 

  • Riverfront Promenade
    February, 1987
    E. Eean McNaughton & Associates
    City of New Orleans, LACustom Bronze Floodgate Lanterns 

  • The Temperance Fountain
    June 1987
    Pennsylvania Ave Development Corp.
    Indiana Plaza,Washington DC
    Restoration of Cast Zinc and Hammered  Bronze Sculpture 

  • Fairmount Water Works
    March 1988
    John Milner Associates/Cyma Corp.Fairmount Park Philadelphia, PA
    Recast Balustrade Components 

  • Forsythe Park Fountain
    August, 1988
    City of Savannah GA
    Complete restoration of Landmark 25’ fountain and remote Bronze Sculpture 

  • Library of Congress
    August 1988
    Superior IronworksWashington, DC
    Return Air Grills, Ventilator Boxes

  • Cabildo & Presbytere
    February 1989
    Vieux Carré Preservation Society
    New Orleans, LA
    Cast Iron Downspout Boots
     

  • The Executive White House Washington DC
    June 1989
    General Services Administration
    U.S. Federal Government - Executive Branch
    Custom Cast Ornamental Door Frames 

  • Alabama State Capitol
    December 1990
    N.H. Holmes Architects
    State of Alabama
    Monumental Corinthian Column Components, Fencing, Vents, and Benches
     

  • University of California at Los Angeles
    June 1990
    Venturi, Ranch & Scott Brown
    U.C.L.A.Custom Cast Aluminum Colonnade 

  • Athens Banner Herald
    December 1991
    Allan Greenberg Architect
    Custom Cast Iron Façade and Curtainwall 

  • Brooklyn Borough Hall
    September 1991
    General Services Administration
    City of New YorkCast Iron Perimeter Fencing 

  • Raffles Hotel
    June 1991
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    Raffles Hotel Corporation - Singapore
    Custom Cast Iron Canopies and Pavilions 

  • Sailors Snug Harbor - Staten Island, NY
    December 1990
    Cabrerra Barricklo Architects
    General Services Administration
    Cast Iron Entrance Stair Assemblies 

  • City Hall Park Kiosk
    February 1992
    Urban Associates
    New York City Transit Authority
    Custom Cast Subway Entrance Canopy 

  • Library of Congress
    August 1992
    Arthur Cotton Moore Architect
    General Services Administration
    Ballustrade Rail Components
     

  • Texas State Capitol
    May 1992
    Ford, Powell, and Carson, IncState of TexasReplication of Cast Iron Pilasters and Column Components 

  • U.S.P.O. Courthouse Renovation
    November 1992
    Glover-Smith-Bode, Inc
    General Services Administration
    Intricate Cast Bronze Door Assembliesand Cast Iron Grillage 

  • Baruch College Facade
    July 1993
    Davis Brody & Associates
    City of New York Dormitory Authority
    Cast Iron Window and Door Frame Assemblies 

  • Subway Entrance Rails
    1995
    Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen
    New York City Transit Authority
    Entrance rails 

  • Northwest Trainshed
    November 1993
    Harry Weese Associates, Architects 
    Chicago Transit Authority
    Cast Iron Viaduct Facades

  • Prospect Park Station
    1994
    Williams Nicholas Bodouva Associates
    New York City Transit Authority
    A Complete Cast Iron Facade Subway Entrance 

  • Navy Pier
    August 1995
    VOA ArchitectsMunicipal Pier Authority- Chicago, ILTwo Forty Foot Tall Belvedere Assemblies,Cornice, Rails, South Dock Structures                       

  • Vajen Building
    Summer 1994
    CSO Architects Engineers & Interiors
    Circle Centre Mall– Indianapolis
    Indianapolis IN 

  • State Street Renovation
    Fall 1996
    Skidmore, Owings & MerrillCity of Chicago Dept. of TransportationCustom Cast Subway Entrancesand Planter Railing 

  • Broxton Avenue Parking Structure
    October, 1997
    City of Los Angeles, CaliforniaCast and Extruded Aluminum Rails andDecorative Components 

  • Grand Central Station
    July 1998
    Beyer Blinder Belle ArchitectsGrand Central AssociatesReplication of Grand Waiting Room Cast IronEntryways and the Vanderbilt Canopy Entry 

  • University of Notre Dame
    Main Administration BuildingJ
    une 1999
    Ellerbe Becket ArchitectureCast Iron Stair Restoration, Columnsand Column Capitals    

  • Statehouse of South Carolina
    October 1998
    Steven and Wilkenson Architecture
    Cast Iron; Wrought Iron and Bronze Rails, Grills and Column Components 

  • United States Post Office and Courthouse
    October 1999
    Finegold Alexander & Associates
    GSA -Old San Juan Puerto Rico
    Cast and Wrought Iron Grillage,Bronze Rails, Lampposts and Tower Restoration 

  • New Jersey Statehouse Dome
    July 1999
    Trenton, New Jersey
    Jan Hird Pokorny ArchitectsRestoration of Cast Iron Dome 

  • Port Isabel Lighthouse
    May 1999
    Texas Parks & Wildlife Restoration of Lighthouse 

  • Science City at Union Station
    October 1999
    Ehrenkrantz & Eckstut
    Cast Iron Marquee & Store Fronts 

  • National Gallery of Art
    October 1999
    Dept. of Architectural Services6th & Constitution Ave NW
    Washington DC 20565
    Zamboni Enclosure & Skate Rental Enclosure 

  • Jackson/Van Buren Subway Station RenovationJuly 1999
    Chicago Transit Authority
    City of Chicago, IL

  • Subway Entrance Rail
    September 1999
    Arena Construction
    City Hall New York, NY
    Restore Subway Entrance Rail 

  • Vulcan
    January 2000
    Planning and Engineering Dept.The City of Birmingham, AL
    Removal of Monumental Cast Iron Statue at Vulcan Park 

  • Rockefeller University Hospital
    July 2001
    New York, NYEntrance Canopy
     

  • The Children’s Center at Bellevue Hospital
    2003
    Kreisler Borg FlormanNew York NY
    Windows & Fencing 

  • Western Building Restoration
    2002
    Victory, New York
    Saratoga Revolutionary War Monument 

  • Restoration of Vulcan
    July 2003
    Jack H. Pyburn, AIAThe Vulcan Park Foundation Birmingham, AL
    Installation of Restored Monumental Statue 

  • Columbia University
    March 2004
    410 West 118th StNew York, NY
    Restoration of University Gates 

  • The Jefferson @ Penn Quarter
    April 2004
    Oehrlein & Associates, ArchitectsJPI Construction Washington, DC
    Restoration of Building H   

  • Betty Carol Graham Center
    May 2004
    JESCO Construction, Inc
    Alexander City, AL
    Custom Pavilion, Entrance & Railing 

  • Lincoln Cottage
    July 2005
    Hillier ArchitectureJ.S. Cornell & Sons
    National Trust Historic Preservation
    Washington, DC
    Restoration of Exterior Stairs 

  • Fairmount Water Works
    June 2006
    City of Philadelphia
    Mark Thompson & Associates
    Philadelphia, PA
    Restoration of Cliff Path Railing 

  • Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    September 2006
    John G. Waite Associates, Architects PLLC
    Henry H. Lewis Contractors, LLC
    The Archdiocese of Baltimore, MD
    Restoration of Historic Perimeter Fencing 

  • Old Red Courthouse
    November 2006
    James Pratt Architecture Urban Design
    Thos. S. Byrne General Contractor Dallas County, Texas
    Restoration and Retrofit of Grand Stair 

  • The English Gates
    April 2008
    Norton Art Conservation, Inc.
    Nemours Mansion and Gardens
    Wilmington, DERestoration/ Gilding of 18th Century Ironwork