A historic part of the original 1904 IRT subway in New York City, the 96th Street subway station serves more than 64,000 daily commuters. Located at the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the station recently underwent a $98 million renovation
Mequon, Wis.-based Super Sky Products Enterprises LLC, in conjunction with Suffern, N.Y.-based distributor, Atlantech Systems Inc., and general contractor, Citnalta Construction Corp., Bohemia, N.Y., worked with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide skylights to cap each entrance. Two, narrow, large-circumference, barrel vault skylights flank the east and west sides. The north and south entries are covered by two cylindrical vault skylights. Lintec of Wausau, Wis., finished the skylights’ aluminum in a two-coat, PPG Duranar 70 PVDF Silver White coating that meets the AAAMA 2605 specification.
Mequon, Wis.-based Super Sky Products Enterprises LLC, in conjunction with Suffern, N.Y.-based distributor, Atlantech Systems Inc., and general contractor, Citnalta Construction Corp., Bohemia, N.Y., worked with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide skylights to cap each entrance. Two, narrow, large-circumference, barrel vault skylights flank the east and west sides. The north and south entries are covered by two cylindrical vault skylights. Lintec of Wausau, Wis., finished the skylights’ aluminum in a two-coat, PPG Duranar 70 PVDF Silver White coating that meets the AAAMA 2605 specification.
After three years of construction, the station opened in April 2010, $20 million under budget and during one of the snowiest winters in New York’s history.
