The same co-op has set a standard for window replacement: Shareholders must match the appearance of the original multipaned design.

Cost can be a significant inhibitor of window alterations even if a building has an approved master plan for window replacements.

The first step is to submit to the commission the design of the proposed window replacements.

About $11 million has gone into a reserve fund for future building needs, including a complete window replacement.

Our board of directors has decided not to use the reserve fund for window replacement or to impose an assessment against our maintenance charges.

A $1.5 million window replacement and a three-year landscaping project are underway.

"The majority of repairs have to do with exterior masonry, parapets and window replacement," he said.

Whatever the final cost of the window replacement and rewiring, rent increases will follow rules set by the state.

A golden-hued section outside my daughter's bedroom marks a recent window replacement.

The most he is willing to pay for window replacement is $800,000, or about $185 a window.