| Project Name: |
NJ Transit - Hoboken
(Rail & Ferry Terminal) - Historic Restoration of the Main Waiting Room
& Exterior Copper Cladding |
| Project Address: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Project Contract Amount: |
$8,849,000 |
| Project Executive: |
Mark D. Hall |
Project Manager: |
Anthony Guerriero |
Executive Supervisor: |
Richard Lefebvre/William Burke |
| Owner's Name/Contact Person: |
NJ Transit Corporation Edmund Kuszmar Frank Smollar
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| Owner's Address: |
One Penn Plaza East, Newark,NJ 08876-1262
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Owner's Phone Number (Ed Kuszmar): Owner's Phone Number (Frank Smollar): |
Phone: 973-491-7545/Fax: 973-491-7597 Phone: 973/491-7313 |
| Architect's Name/Contact Person: |
Beyer, Blinder & Belle, Architects &
Planners - Peter Scaglione |
| Architect's Address: |
41 East 11 Street, NY, NY |
Architect's Phone Number: |
Phone: 212-777-7800 |
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Description of Project:

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- A grand, monumental transportation complex listed
in both the State and National Registers of Historic Places
- Complete historic restoration of 1907 terminal main
waiting room and exterior copper cladding
- Selective demolition
- Temporary shoring and bracing
- Selective dismantling and salvaging of historic fabric
and specialties
- Extensive lead paint abatement
- Rehabilitation/restoration to structural steel, brick
masonry, and cast-in place concrete
- Rehabilitation & restoration of structural steel
& concrete under Main Waiting Room slab working from Hudson River
bed at low tide
- Interior cast iron and bronze restoration
- Interior copper window restoration
- Extensive Historic Glass restoration
- Extensive new and restored architectural wood work
- Waiting room wood bench restoration
- Tiffany stained glass laylight and transoms restoration
- Exterior copper cladding - new and restored
- Wood window and door restoration
- Finish hardware and glazing
- New copper cladded steel windows
- Restored copper cladded steel windows
- Historic gypsum plaster restoration
- New and restored terrazzo flooring throughout main
waiting room
- Marble and limestone restoration
- Historic painting and gold leafing
- Historic clock restoration
- Historic light fixture restoration
- New plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems
- Project is an outstanding example of classic beaux-arts
architecture
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| Date of Completion: |
December 2002 |
| Historical Preservation Review Agency:
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Listed in the National & State Registers
of Historic Places |
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