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Cost estimates released for St. Paul’s scenarios
THE THRILL OF VICTORY
BY RIKKI MASSAND On Tuesday, October 3rd, the village had a chance to hear expert analysis from Lloyd Westerman, of Westerman Construction Co., the project cost estimator firm hired by Garden City to forecast likely expenses for three options for the historic St. Paul’s main building. He presented information for several scenarios, but also reasons to ask more questions on what exactly could be done with the property.
Conditions inside building
The Garden City Girls Varsity Soccer Team played Manhasset and Massapequa in hard fought games last week. The girls play Syosset at home at 5pm on Friday, October 6th
Water Supt. urges participation in lead testing program BY RIKKI MASSAND
At its meeting on September 20, the Environmental Advisory Board was joined by the village’s Water Superintendent Stanley Carey and engineering firm H2M’s Andrew Manfredi, who presented information on lead contam-
ination found in the municipal water supply. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandates that the water suppliers be responsible for identifying all lead service lines existing within its system, to the extent possible, regardless of lead line ownership. The Village of Garden City
According to Westerman,the historic structure is still sturdy and the flooring will not give way if someone takes a hard step inside St. Paul’s, but in current form the interior conditions of the walls, joists and other finishings leave much to be desired. The current St. Paul’s building remains “structurally sound” though there are certain areas with compromised floor joists, Westerman asserted. No component of the St. Paul’s massive structure is in worse shape than its chapel, and every possibility Westerman has explored involves its demolition because it is an area beyond restoration. For his purposes, any demolition of the chapel would include a project to salvage, store and safeguard the historic stained glass windows it contains.
Adaptive Reuse: $52.5 Million
has until October of 2024 to complete its task for mapping and identification of lead line contamination. Superintendent Carey explained that the local testing program for lead has been challenging and complex. “We did the outreach with the annual Drinking Water
After he outlined current conditions and “the bones of the building” from the basement and each floor up to the fifth-story Mansard roof system, Westerman offered an analysis of the higher-priced but preservation-heavy adaptive reuse of St. Paul’s with a total estimate of $52,526,287. The estimate includes a reuse and restoration project resulting in 33,000 square feet of fully-finished, publicly usable space, “suitable for a variety of functions” plus addressing all of St. Paul’s building windows. The program of adaptive reuse for over $52 million, Westerman said, would “leave the front of the building and first three floors, some of the basement and hallways for some use” including dedicated areas to put up artwork or galleries. An adaptive reuse of St. Paul’s would take approximately 20 months (80 weeks) per Westerman’s estimate, but outfitting its interior spaces for “program uses that have yet to be defined” would take longer. He adds that it isn’t inconceivable that the project could be structured so that the front
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