iconoplast_Removal Historic Elements

Below are three recent examples of jobs in which iconoplast designs inc. removed and reinstalled historic elements. For a more detailed list of other Iconoplast commissions please click on "All Projects".

Lyric/Apollo Theaters a.k.a. The Ford Center for the Performing Arts;
New York City
The Lyric and Apollo Theaters, built in 19 and 19 respectively, were combined (in 1997) to create a single 1,800 seat musical house. iconoplast was commissioned to remove and restore the historic ornamental plaster features from the former Apollo Theater and reinstall those features from the former Apollo Theater and reinstall those features in the newly constructed Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

iconoplast began its work in the Apollo by consolidating all of the ornamental plaster. Portions of the plaster were severely damaged and required extensive repair. Once the consolidation was complete iconoplast began the painstaking process of removal, including the proscenium arch, the flanking arches, opera boxes, balcony fascia and the twenty- ton center-ceiling dome. Over the next several months the ornamental plaster was meticulously restored off site. iconoplast returned to the site to reinstall 100% of the ornamental plaster it had removed from the Apollo nine months earlier.

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	This Thomas Lamb designed theater, built in 190 was moved 170 feet to the west in 1998 to accommodate development on its original site. As part of this project, iconoplast designs inc.. was hired to restore the ornamental plaster in the theater (now in its new location). Noteworthy aspects of this job included the removal of the ornamental plaster from the fascia of the second balcony and reinstallation of that plaster on the fascia of the first balcony; as well as recreation of portion of the ornamental plaster that was destroyed over time.
Empire Theater New York City

Selwyn Theater, a.k.a. The American Airlines Theater; New York City
iconoplast was hired to restore and recreate missing elements of the ornamental plaster in this eighty-year-old theater. Highlights of this commission included the removal and reinstallation (in a slightly different configuration) of a center ceiling dome; as well as creation of an ornamental shield based on iconoplasts modern interpretation of the original design.


Selwyn Theater, New York City		Selwyn Theater, New York City