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statement as best I could based on the information that I had, but I mean ... Istill, I have never
<br />actually had any of the information in my hand that the commissioners have, so I'm at a bit more
<br />of a loss and more ignorant, but I have said, still don't quite understand your conundrum
<br />entirely. Maybe because I haven't looked at your house, but I don't understand why you can't
<br />rebuild wooden windows. Make them more efficient so that they aren't gapping and make them
<br />efficient. I understand why you can't have storms and all of that, I understand that. I don't
<br />understand why you can't have reconditioned windows why you have to buy new metal clad
<br />windows. Apropos of that statement, that's my job, to be told when there's an issue our
<br />neighborhood. To be told when there is an issue coming up ... although I don't have access to the
<br />C of A, I'm to know when something is coming up. I find out through my own sources what the
<br />issue is, and then I'm asked to make a statement. Ifeel like my statement from last time was
<br />accurate although I didn't have access to your C of A.
<br />[Inaudible comment from homeowner]
<br />LP: She does not make the judgment, the Commission makes the judgment.
<br />SP: As a point of order the letter that was written last time is not part of the record, well, its part
<br />of the record for this proceeding, but any items last time are not part of this, so... it's moot.
<br />LP: It is moot. I'd like to recognize Wayne because he'd like to speak but I didn't see his signal.
<br />WD: A little bit of history. Storm windows came into vogue in the 1860's,
<br />SP: Wayne, I don't think that you're on the mike for the purposes of recording, you may want to
<br />come to the podium, if not...
<br />i WD: Ok, there we go. Originally, storm windows came into vogue in the 1860's. So, it's very
<br />possible that it could have had storm windows. The Anderson's were very wealthy people, and
<br />they could certainly afford that. Beyond that, the house had shutters on it, all the way around. If
<br />it is able to accommodate shutters, it will certainly accommodate storm windows. As far as size
<br />goes, the Commission as well as HLFI sponsored a workshop on windows. We worked on the
<br />windows in an old synagogue which is on William Street, and I think that those windows are
<br />probably 12 or 13 feet high, with two very large sashes. They came out, were put back in, and
<br />they are sealed. Size really isn't a concern. It can be handled.
<br />JS: May I respond to that? In this case, if you will just simply look at the picture you can see that
<br />because of the trim, the classical pilasters, and the capitals on top, and the way the windows set
<br />in, and if you look at the scale drawings of this ... you can see that storm windows were never a
<br />part of this. And, they couldn't be a part of this, and they still can't be a part of this particularly
<br />set of windows. There is no place to set a storm window either on the inset part of the, where
<br />most storm windows are installed, and the double hungs behind that. The only track that's in
<br />here has the windows in it. So, storm windows would have to be placed on the trim. In this case
<br />the trim also involves a pilaster right [gesturing to photos} right there, and there, and there,
<br />which comes right to the edge of the trim, therefore leaving no place to put the storm windows.
<br />What Mr. Enderle was trying to say is that it never had any, it might have had, as Wayne says,
<br />historically, been used but apparently not on this house. I think that we need to stick to the
<br />reality in this case. Size, in many cases, may not be important, but in this particular case, the
<br />tallness of these windows and the narrowness of the depth of the wood work in which the current
<br />single pane of glass is put, and I measured it myself with measuring tape. The distance from the
<br />edge of the glass to the frame is not suff ciently large enough to put anything but a single pane of
<br />glass Single panes ofglass are not energy efficient under any circumstances. And even if the
<br />windows were taken out and rebuilt, which the contractor is willing to do, it would be hard to
<br />make them fit because some of the glass has slid out of the frame, and the frame itself doesn't fit
<br />in the opening anymore. Rebuilding all of that is possible, but it doesn't answer the energy
<br />ejficiency need, because there's no room in that particular frame to put the insulated glass. The
<br />insulated glass is this thick, there isn't that much space to set it on. I'm sorry that I'm so
<br />difficult...
<br />LP: It's ok, I can understand you. I've been informed that a Commissioner has a statement
<br />regarding this that he'd like to read. The chair recognized Tim Klusczinski.
<br />TK: "In my opinion, the Guidelines and Standards for both our Local Landmarks and the Chapin
<br />Park District aim to promote the retention and rehabilitation of original architectural amenities
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