Over the next 18 to 24 months, many of Pine Street’s beautiful, historic stained glass windows will be undergoing various types of restoration and repair. Following is a brief summary of what that means according to Willet Hauser Architectural Glass:

"Historic Restoration is the term given to projects where the windows or individual window panels, need extensive restoration including the compete dismantling of the panels, the replacement of all of the lead and, in come cases, the restoring of the appearance of any faded painted glasses. This is an expensive treatment and consequently only utilized when the structural parts of the window (especially the lead) have deteriorated to such a point that not performing the restoration would cause greater damage to the glasses of the windows."

"Repair and Stabilization is the term given to the process of strengthening areas of weakness in panels that are in otherwise stable enough condition to withstand the handling of remedial measures. Sometimes when panels are beginning to buckle but the lead has not yet deteriorated to the point where it has lost structural integrity, it is possible to correct these areas of structural failure with various stabilizing procedures. In rare cases…it is possible to effect positive change while the panel remains in place."