Fifth Avenue Cupola

Description

This gorgeous three-story cupola is located on top of a Beaux Arts apartment building in the Ladies Mile Landmark District and was designed Henry Edwards Fricken in 1899. Nicholson & Galloway was hired in 2014 to perform a full replacement of the cupola cladding including:

• Salvage of sheetmetal shapes for replication
• Demolition of all cladding
• 1,000 linear feet of stainless steel armature
• 275 Custom copper stampings fabricated and installed
• 800 Linear feet of steel cleaned and painted
• 3,500 Square feet of stucco and breathable vapor barrier
• 1,000 Square feet curved copper batten seam roof
• 3,000 Square feet crimped copper cladding