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Almost a year ago, an unidentified car struck the historic cast iron "Parkview" stre--tlight outside the George Cutter house at 916 Riverside Drive. The pole shattered about give feet up. The Sibley Foundry has an example of the original "Parkview" pole, anda,�e City Public Works Department can, additionally, make the remaining piece of this�ole available to any appropriate foundry or artisan. One or more exact replies �<ul be Bast, . but would cost an estimated $1,500 to $20,000 per pole, depending upon th�umber made and methods used. Similar, but not identical, cast iron or cast aluminu�r, replacements might be somewhat less expensive. The Neighborhood Association has done some independent research regarding duplicate or replica poles, and began fundraising for purchase of a pair of cast iron "ParkvieV' poles from the Sibley Foundry. I believe they are not presently in a position to purchase at full cost, but might be able to make a contribution to maintain George Cutter's original design in front of this historic house. Octagonal concrete poles of the same era, but a totally different style are readily available in the Public Works Department inventory. The lights on Riverside Drive and in the Chapin Park — Park Avenue neighborhood have octagonal concrete poles. The Public Works Department seeks permission to use one of these concrete poles. I understand that., might be acceptable to some of the neighborhood. RECOMMENDATION: The city seeks permission to substitute a different type of concrete pole commonly in use at the same period as the original cast iron pole, and to use a luminary identical to the one destroyed. KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Staff recommends approval as to the luminary. ' JOHN OXIAN, PRESIDENT: Moved for the denial of the Application as to the type of pole, pending further efforts to obtain a cast iron pole that replicates the original. Recently, wind damage necessitated the replacement of another luminary on a streetlight at the corner of Park Avenue and Riverside Drive. The Public Works Department accidentally installed a slightly different luminary from the one previously existing. JOHN OXIAN: The reason why I feel that this cast iron pole should be put back into its original place is because these were the original cast iron poles that were on Riverside Drive. The concrete poles are some that have come later from previous administrations. This is the only example of a cast iron pole on this street. I have said whether on windows or anything else that one example of what the original streetlight on a street or the building behind it is so the public could know what the original ones looked like. I myself recommend that the luminary can be, but, I feel that there is cast iron poles and that they do make cast iron poles, and there are cast iron poles that are very close to the Cutter pattern. 2