The Oyster Bar Restaurant at Grand Central Terminal

Home / Projects / Terra Cotta The oldest business in Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal has welcomed throngs of hungry New Yorkers, tourists and travelers since 1913. Through it all, the Oyster Bar’s iconic Guastavino tile arches and vaults have endured, defining an...

Georgian Court Bridge

Home / Projects / Terra Cotta Part of a large estate-owned by railroad tycoon George Jay Gould, the Georgian Court Bridge was constructed in 1899, during the Gilded Age, to carry travelers over a man-made lagoon which connected the estate to a nearby lake. Bruce...

Queensboro Bridge

Home / Projects / Terra Cotta This project included what is considered to be the first-ever rebuilding of Guastavino vaults—and one of the largest terra cotta repair and restoration projects in the world. The original structure was designed in 1914 by Henry Hornbostel...

Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House

Home / Projects / Terra Cotta The oldest performing arts center in continuous operation in America, the 93-year-old Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) features a façade that incorporates extraordinary decorative detail in brick, polychrome terra cotta, granite and...

The Cloisters Museum

Home / Projects / Terra Cotta Built by the Rockefeller family in the 1930s, The Cloisters is located on four acres in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, and houses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval art and architecture collection. The structure incorporates...