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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT <br />The request of the application for replacement of existing steel sash windows <br />with-new Pella casement windows has the problems typical of such a.request in <br />this neighborhood where such windows are common. Realizing the energy costs <br />u l <br />and maintenance diffie' <br />ties at such windows, they generally may be replaced <br />where the replacement windows may be deemed as similar in 'style and size. -Most <br />windows-atthis building have a mix of operable casement sections with fixed <br />sections'which may be difficult to replicate in commonly available window <br />systems. Staff would recommend approval . of the replacement windows but would <br />encourage the,applicants ' to pursue,alternative measures such as interior storm <br />windows or replacement. with a thermally efficient metal window system which <br />more closely replic the original-. <br />DBD <br />4/14/98 <br />