Tweed Courthouse: A Model Restoration

by John G. Waite and Diana S. Waite

Focusing on the methodology of preservation technology, this book tellsthe story of the $90 million historic preservation of a designated NewYork City landmark. It presents the restoration and adaptive reuse ofthe magnificent courthouse, built by New York's crooked 'Boss' Tweed,as an exemplar of preservation practice. The project is unique, but the approach and techniques utilized in the work have application for saving other public buildings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393731235
• ISBN13: 9780393731231
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 10.4"