NOTE: I need to correct the previous paragraph and my previous post. In an email, Peter Wurster told me that he had spoken with Tom Swope, the contractor, and the owner. Foolishly and erroneously, I took that to mean that they had all been together in one place. What in fact happened, as Tom Swope has clarified in a comment and in a phone call to me, was that Wurster spoke with the contractor and the owner and reported the outcome to Swope. My apologies for misrepresenting that communication.
After studying the two buildings, it's not entirely clear how that similarity can be achieved. The problem may be that it is not possible to cobble together prefabricated elements, such as never existed in the 19th century, to make something that looks authentic and in character with the rest of the street.
I need to correct the record here, I have had no contact with the owner of 226 Warren and never met with them and Peter. I contacted Peter with the commissions concerns and he has kept me informed. But it is he alone that has met with the owners to work out how the work can follow the proposal that we approved. I have had no input into it, it has simply been reported to me by Peter.
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If they cobble together the overhang over the windows, can they do something about the terrible doors? They will never look in keeping with the street unless they are changed.
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