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"Bruce.Barrett" <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - Dwell time 5 minutes.
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Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:16:45 -0800
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BP design competition:

Perspecto Correcto glasses! Folks! Finally, see your own hometown the way
those fat cat architects intended! With our patented, rose-coloured
prismatic correction system built into these lightweight eyeglass clipons,
you will see each and every building like you were standing across the
street, without even looking up! You will be stunned!


                "I'd like a slide show."

                >> How many images show us what people really see from the
sidewalk?
                >
                >Though the Empire State can be difficult to recognize from
sidewalk level,
                you
                >can be in a lot of places around NYC and recognize it. I
make a practice of
                >taking pictures of the Empire State & World Trade from the
rooftops of all
                the
                >other buildings that I get to visit, framing the better
known landmarks in
                the
                >water towers, cornices, parapets, and vertical walls of the
urban
                landscape.
                >What I know best of NY is what you get from the rooftop of
a 12 story
                >building, not from the sidewalks. On the sidewalks you have
people, and in
                the
                >streets you have vehicles. There are fewer people wandering
around on the
                >roofs and only the noise of the vehicles.
                >
                >][<en

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