Could be the owner insisting that her (or his) building was marble.
Limestone, after all, is a lesser stone that hasn't suffered the school of
hard knocks (quite literally) known as "Metamorphosis". As I recall, several
former staff members of the New York Landmarks Conservancy had been
impressed by the work of Mr. Adami et alia. In fact, Adami may have been
given an award by the Conservancy for their work on the Salmagundi Club --
but then again, it could have the GVSHP and the contractor may have been
....



-----Original Message-----
From: JRhodes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 1:27 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: When you see good work ... say it with flowers.


Re: Christopher Gray and, "A. Adami, whose bids and specifications have a
significant error"

Thanks for the head's up.

There are times when mistaking marble for limestone and vice versa is not
so difficult to do, especially if the "marble", geologically speaking,
really is limestone since metamorphosis is insufficient.  But I trust Chris
before most others.

Sometimes we service professionals are instructed by clients not to talk
about their projects on threat of damage claims, real or not.
Professionalism comes first, though.

One "natural man?" stonecarver who is making the rounds, probably claiming
to be able to handle more than he possibly can, is one Gabriel Popian,
Astoria, Queens, 718-267-8871.  He knows the vocabaulary of conservation,
and his carving sure looks impressive.  He's new to New York coming from
Romania via Australia.  His wife, Lucia Popian shows portfolio in painting
and conservation, but again, as in just looking at "brownstones" from the
sidewalk, looks may be deceiving.

--Jim