For everyone wondering what's going to happen with the limewashed "Apartments of Distinction," there was an update at the Hudson Preservation Commission meeting this morning.
Victoria Polidoro, legal counsel for the HPC, reported she had spoken with the attorney for the applicant (Galvan Foundation), who told her they were "looking to see if it is feasible to remove the limewash without damaging the wall." Later in the meeting, Polidoro clarified that they wanted to "do some investigating to see if they can remove it."
Phil Forman, who chairs the HPC, said he did not trust the applicant to experiment with removing the limewash. Craig Haigh, code enforcement officer, confirmed that there is a stop-work order in place, and they cannot do anything without being in violation of the stop-work order. Of course, the stop-work order was in place when they limewashed the chimneys, but that didn't stop them. Polidoro told the commission she had told the applicant's attorney that they need to hire a professional to advise them, or the commission will hire one.
Searching online I found this information about removing limewash:
One beauty of limewash is it's removable, within a few days, if you change your mind. . . . Limewash can be removed with the use of a pressure washer within a few days of application.
The day after the HPC discovered the building had been limewashed, a worker was observed spraying water on the limewash, but it didn't seem what was happening was pressure washing, and it didn't appear to be having any effect. That was eight weeks ago.
An expert in conservation has told Gossips that the limewash is now bonded to the brick and cannot be removed without damaging the outer surface of the brick.
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Leave it to Galvan and Walter Chatham to waste the HPC's precious time by doing something that was not part of be the plans they submitted. Jerks! They should be fined by be the day until the limewash is properly removed. How else will they be taught a lesson to act like adult professionals in the future? It's so ridiculous, this nonsense coming from Galvan.
ReplyDeleteLooks fine to me. HPC should just approve the limewash and call it a day. The mess of wires and telephone poles in front of the building are more offensive to the view than the dreaded limewash.
ReplyDeletethis lime wash hullabaloo is silly. if we were going to hold galvan to building what was approved, I can't think of a single project that wouldn't have had a stop work order applied. to note, the front door hpc approved on this project isn't what was installed.
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