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Re: Jewish Museum - stonework
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Met History <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - Dwell time 5 minutes.
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Tue, 24 Nov 1998 08:58:55 EST
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In a message dated 11/24/98 6:53:52 AM EST, [log in to unmask] (Michael
Davidson) writes:

> for all its worth We ; the stonemasons at St. John the Divine spent spent
two
>  and a half years making the drawings(shop)setting out all the templates;
>  fabricating all the stone and carvings in our apprentice program; if there
> is one redeeming value it supported our stone yard; and what was then the
>  rebuilding of the cathedral....Michael


Michael, don't hesitate to correct my vision.  The stonework on the new facade
seems impeccable to me.  But is it not true that, where the facades meet,
there is a great discrepancy?

Christopher "Reading Glasses" Gray

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