Category: Interior

Interior Sidewalk Care and Liability
2009 Nov Sidewalk Care and Liability

 No doubt about it, the Big Apple is a pedestrian town: according to the New York  City Department of Transportation (DOT), over eight million people tread the  city’s approximately 12,750 square miles of sidewalks each day.    New …

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Interior Dealing with Objectionable Behavior
2009 Nov Dealing with Objectionable Behavior

 Even before the landmark “Pullman” case in 2003 in which a co-op board and shareholders voted unanimously to evict an especially  troublesome and disruptive shareholder from their building—New York co-op residents have grumbled about “obj…

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Interior The Many Faces of Chinatown
2009 Nov The Many Faces of Chinatown

 "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” An immortal line from a beloved movie, and perhaps a reflection of how many  Western urbanites over the years have viewed the large pockets of Asian  immigrants that have settled in their cities. Chinato…

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Interior Elevator Safety & Inspections
2009 Nov Elevator Safety & Inspections

Ever since the first hydraulic passenger elevator was installed in New York City in 1870, the city has relied upon elevators to support its upward growth. Given that few would care to contemplate living or working in a 20-story walk-up,…

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Interior Installing & Maintaining Laundry Facilities
2009 Nov Installing & Maintaining Laundry Facilities

Clean laundry. It’s one of those basic things without which we would go mad but which we rarely stop to consider. Within New York’s co-op and condo complexes, laundry room facilities are an integral part of a happy, functioning environm…

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Interior Working with the New Building Codes
2009 Nov Working with the New Building Codes

If you’re part of a co-op and condo community, you’ve definitely had to deal with the New York City’s Building Codes. They’re a complex set of regulations, documents, amendments, local laws and more, regulating all sorts of things, from …

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Interior Life Spans of Building Systems
2009 Nov Life Spans of Building Systems

Even when living in a multi-family building, individual residents must handle some of the same responsibilities as those of a single-family homeowner. While board members will be more involved than other residents in helping to ensure …

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Interior Prioritizing Projects to Avoid Trouble Later
2009 Nov Prioritizing Projects to Avoid Trouble Later

With the economy still in the weeds and building administrators looking for creative ways to save money and build up their bottom line, it’s no surprise to hear that co-ops and condos are taking a hard look at their maintenance and buil…

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Interior Preserving a Unique Heritage
2008 Nov Preserving a Unique Heritage

New York City has long been defined by the wide array of ingredients and seasonings thrown into its cultural pot. Though the flavor of the Big Apple has changed and evolved constantly over the years, at the city’s center are the deep-ro…

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Interior Letting the Sun Shine In
2008 Nov Letting the Sun Shine In

From paying $15 to travel 10 gridlocked blocks in a taxi to shelling out about $10 for a kosher deli sandwich, New Yorkers are used to paying through the nose for the privilege of living in their beloved city. But the dollars really add …

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