[MassHistPres] Lead Paint and Historic Windows

[Karen Johnson]

Went looking for the info mentioned below and found this. Amazing stats
about windows.

http://www.presnc.org/Features/Economics-Sustainability-Historic-Preservation


Karen



On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:04 PM, james hadley <jameswhadley at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  You might benefit from this excerpt from this 2006 aticle by Donovan
> Rypkema in "Forum:"
>
>
> Over a year ago in ****Boulder**, [****Colorado****], a homeowner in a
> local historic
>             district applied to paint his window sash and trim, and
> approval was
>             given the same day. Two weeks later, the landmarks commission
> learned
>             that the historic windows had all been removed – a clear
> violation of the
>             local ordinance – and had been replaced with new windows. This
> was done by
>             a contractor who claims to specialize in "ecologically sound
> methods"
>             and bills himself as "****Boulder****'s greenest contractor."*
> *****
>
>             The landmarks commission sent a letter directing that the
> original
>             windows be retained and their condition documented. The
> contractor
>             responded saying that the greater energy efficiency of the new
> windows
>             should outweigh the regulations that apply to houses within
> the historic
>             district. A subsequent commission hearing upheld the staff
> position and
>             a city council hearing supported the commission's ruling.****
>
>
>             Here's the next chapter –  a reporter for the local
> alternative newspaper
>             decided to take matters into his own hands. He went to the
> house, picked
>             up the historic windows, took a sledgehammer to them, hauled
> them to the
>             dump, and arranged to have a bulldozer run over them.****
>
> The issue arouses passions, for sure.
> James W. Hadley AIA
> Chair, Orleans Historical Commission
>
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