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The interior of the Brownstone apartment will be completely gutted, but items like this incredible pink sink on tapered legs will be salvaged and resold as a period piece.
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Manhattan Remodel & Cape Cod Affordable Project
A New Lift for a Manhattan Brownstone (HA1509)
Bob Vila’s Home Again on the Upper West Side of New York to renovate a nineteenth-century Brownstone. Brownstones defined the neighborhoods of New York society in the 1890s. But time has touched these properties -- front stoops are gone, casement windows mar the façade, steel staircases have replaced wrought iron, and drop ceilings have been added throughout. The goal of this project will be to reclaim the graciousness of the space, open it up, allow light to enter, and recreate a living space that is contemporary and highly detailed.
Demolition is underway and salvage has begun. Brian O’Keefe, architect for the project, explains that the plaster walls and drop ceilings will be removed completely as the space is gutted to the original exterior walls in preparation for the new studs, plumbing, and floors. Bob visits nearby Central Park and the Central Park Conservancy, the largest stand of American elms in the country, and historic Bethesda Terrace.
Additional Show Information
• Learn More About Permits and Planning Before Demolition
• Learn More About Demolition Checklist
• Learn More About Buying a Home in an Historic District
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| In this episode of Bob Vila's Home Again, Bob introduces us to an 1890s Brownstone on New York's Upper West Side. Brownstones were built on the sidestreets off Central Park ...
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| Bob enters the Brownstone apartment to find more evidence of 1940s updates in this turn-of-the-century row house. Curved ceiling shapes, a built-in bar, and chopped-up space show layers that were ...
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| Bob and Chris Vila review the spaces and fixtures in the New York Brownstone prior to demolition. In the pink kitchen, 50s cabinets with interior lighting are marked for architectural ...
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| Bob and Chris Vila work their way to the back of the apartment, through the hallway with its Victorian wallpaper, past the closet with original built-ins, and into the bedroom ...
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| Bob meets Jim Kweskin of Fort Hill Construction who will serve as the project supervisor for the Brownstone remodel. Kweskin points out the salvage work that is taking place, including ...
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| Bob continues to link New York's past and present with a visit to Central Park. Once just a swamp with rocky outcoppings and indigent shanty towns, Frederick Law Olmsted's Central ...
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