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Schomburg Center features glass video wall 

The basics: In May 2007, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the New York Public Library in Harlem completed its $11 million renovation. The 16,000-square-foot renovation included a glass façade with a video wall that can be seen at night. The players: Architect, Dattner Architects, New York; general contractor, Beys Contracting, Brooklyn, N.Y.; curtain wall fabricator, D & D Architectural Products Inc., Iverness, Ill.; contract glazier, Industrial Window Corp., Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.; glass suppliers, JE Berkowitz L.P., Pedricktown, N.J.; Depp Glass, Long Island City, N.Y.; structural sealant supplier, Dow Corning, Midland, Mich.. Specified glass and systems: Stainless steel sheet wrapped around structural steel tube sections with 1 ¼-inch insulating glass units featuring and outer lite of laminated glass with low-emissivity coating and silkscreened border, and a laminated inner lite; a ¾-inch, three-layer decorative glass with mini-dot etched surface, a signage innerlayer, a mirrored surface and a layer of clear plate glass to protect the mirrored surface; and a ¾-inch laminated glass with silkscreen frit for the canopy.

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Photos by Dattner Architects, New York