330 West 42nd Street, New York, NY

330 West 42nd Street, also known as the McGraw-Hill Building, is a landmark 33-story high building constructed in 1931 and designed by Raymond Hood, the Rockefeller Center architect.  The building is currently being transformed from commercial to residential.

The building consists of steel frame structure with panted steel panels over vertical columns and blue and green glazed terra cotta units with brick backup walls at spandrel panels. The parapets also consist of blue and green glazed terra cotta unit with a multi-wythe brick back-up wall with metal coping and guardrail. The top of the building

contains the iconic McGraw Hill terra cotta lettering with ornamental art deco style terra cotta units.  The windows consist of steel frame double hung units with horizontal mullions and metal covering over intermediate mullion.

Careful analysis and probing were critical in designing the appropriate restoration design.  The design consisted of:

• Replacement of lintel terra cotta units
• including replacement of steel clip angles and flashing
• Replacement of various terra cotta unit
• including units at sills, spandrel panels and corner conditions
• Replacement of steel panels at building
• corners, intermediate column and window mullion
• Patching of terra cotta
• Miscellaneous masonry conditions
• Guardrail height modifications