{"id":116789,"date":"2016-08-24T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=116789"},"modified":"2016-08-29T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T20:52:43","slug":"development-beat-major-work-wednesday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/development-beat\/2016\/08\/24\/development-beat-major-work-wednesday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Beat: Major Work Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brought to you by Rufty-Peedin Design Build<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 24, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month, we brought you “Minor Work Wednesday<\/a>” which took a look at the future plans for an historic home at the intersection of Blount and Peace in downtown Raleigh.<\/p>\n

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604 North Blount Street<\/p><\/div>\n

Now, we present the inevitable\u00a0sequel: “Major Work Wednesday,” which will focus on the Historic Boylan Apartments. Although if we’re going down that whole, titling a sequel with a larger\u00a0adverb route, coming up with a name for part III will be tough. “Monumental Work Wednesday?”<\/p>\n

It’s like Die Hard; after “Die Harder” they didn’t really have anywhere to go, so they decided to just tag on “…With a Vengeance.” Which ended up being a much better movie than Die Hard 2, for what it’s worth.<\/p>\n

While both last month’s “minor” and today’s “major”\u00a0work projects require\u00a0the approval of Raleigh’s Historic Development Commission, it should come as no surprise that “major” projects tend to involve a larger scope of work.<\/p>\n

So that’s why it was a bit of a surprise when we opened up the “Major Work” application for the Historic Boylan Apartments on Hillsborough Street and found that the owners were planning to….replace the lead\u00a0glass in the building’s doors and windows.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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Boylan Apartments Before Picture<\/p><\/div>

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Boylan Apartments After...Big difference?<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

So why is this major when the “minor” job over on Blount and Peace entailed a more significant rehab? More importantly, what is lead glass and why does it sound so dangerous? There’s probably a joke about it being made in China that I’m not clever enough to come up with.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the answer has a lot more science to it than I cared for. Something about lead glass being lead crystal, which is kind of like Crystal Glass but more refractive and unsafe to drink out of. It’s used mostly for its decorative properties, which makes it somewhat of a shame that it’s being removed from the Boylan Apartments.<\/p>\n

As to that first question, it would appear this falls under the major work category because it involves an extensive change in the building’s exterior.<\/p>\n

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Historic Boylan Apartments<\/p><\/div>\n

As for the apartments themselves; the RHDC itself did a nice job covering every last detail about the complex in an application for historic landmark status; we’ll include a few of the highlights below.<\/p>\n