October 2013

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Traditional Building's 25th year of publication. Reflecting on what's been accomplished since the October 1988 issue and setting goals for the future.

The original chandeliers in the Great Hall were refinished and restored; new LED uplight spots were added.

Public Buildings

How to maintain the historic authenticity of the St. Louis Public Library while bringing the building's systems and functions into a new century.

This view of the entry to the commons, the Stokes Café, shows the dimension of the granite walls and the detail involved in the structure. The architects and masons worked together to match the quoining to the other buildings.

Campus Buildings

New building on Boston College's historic campus.

Peter Gisolfi Associates of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, and New Haven, CT, designed the restoration and renovation of the 1903 Neoclassical Goodhue Memorial Hall, one of the first buildings on the 280-acre campus of the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY. All photos: Robert Mintzes

Campus Buildings

The reconstruction of Goodhue Memorial Hall, one of the first structures built on the historic quad of the 280-acre Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY.

A stone staircase, cracked with age and covered with pine needles, leads the way to The Vista Overlook, which fronts the Hudson River and provides a panoramic view of the Palisades. When Untermyer lived there, he planted a half dozen interlocking Color Gardens along the right side.

Stephen Byrns has founded the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy with the idea of bringing the forgotten garden back to life.

In the past, preservationists and "green" building have been on a collision course, but now they seem to be on the same path.

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Architectural Fiberglass Corp. replicated the cornices on this New York City apartment building using fiberglass.

Product Reports

Here's what separates the most common four materials for casting identical ornaments from molds, and what you should know about their differences.