In last week’s New York Magazine, journalist Jerry Saltz reviewed the new Whitney Museum of American Art, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Cooper Robertson Architects and praised The Hudson Company’s Reclaimed Heart Pine [Chalk Finish] floors as “perfect.”
But long before the finished floors were ready for the feet of thousands of artists, art-lovers, and visitors to the new museum, they were the antique timbers of abandoned industrial buildings, destined for the landfill - until they were reclaimed by The Hudson Company.
In order to meet the design specifications of the architects, The Hudson Company custom-milled over 270,000 board feet (the equivalent of 27 tractor trailer loads) of reclaimed, antique Heart Pine sourced from the Phillip Morris factory in Louisville, KY, the Paul G. Mehlin & Sons Piano Company in New York, and the Maidenform Brands Factory in Bayonne, NJ.
In the photos below you can see the Heart Pine timbers as they pass through the steps of being demolished, reclaimed, denailed, kiln dryed, and milled at The Hudson Company mill in Pine Plains, NY.
Click here to learn more about The Hudson Company's Reclamation Process.
Click here to see photos of the finished Reclaimed Heart Pine [Chalk Finish] floor at the new Whitney Museum of American Art.
Demolition of Phillip Morris Factory, Louisville, KY.
Demolition of Phillip Morris Factory, Louisville, KY.
Raw Material, at The Hudson Company Mill, Pine Plains, NY.
De-nailed raw material, ready for milling at The Hudson Company Mill, Pine Plains, NY.
Timbers ready for the kiln-drying process, Pine Plains, NY.
Kiln-dryed timbers, ready to be custom milled for The Whitney Museum of American Art.
