Riverside Church
New York, New York
Original Architect
Burnham Hoyt (completed in 1931)
Bridge owner
Riverside Church
In collaboration with
- Li/Saltzman Architects
- Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, New York office
Building description
The church is steel-framed with brick backup and limestone
cladding and is modeled after the 13th century
Gothic Cathedral in Chartres, France. The central church
tower rises to 392 feet.
Scope of work
- a hands-on public safety inspection was performed on
drops on the six out of eight cardinal elevations of the
tower and three other locations on the building complex
- exterior conditions of the limestone masonry roofs
and drainage conditions were noted by close visual
inspection and hammer sounding
- project deliverables included annotated elevations and
associated still photographs