Yes, we did work on the Boys Club. I remember messing with the blue 
brick. What I mainly remember is being told that the long established 
and reputable contractor that had built the building had come to the 
conclusion that the world had grown such that they could no longer do a 
job based on the honor of a handshake and therefore they folded up their 
company and retired. There certainly were a host of water issues with 
the pool inside and the world outside.

As to Keith Haring. We had an opportunity at one point to salvage walls 
at an orphanage in Dobbs Ferry where Haring had painted. The Haring 
foundation actually wanted the work destroyed rather than have it 
preserved and outside of their direct control. For every work destroyed 
it increases the value of the work not destroyed.

For one not destroyed, leastways I doubt it was destroyed, visit the 
upper floor men's room at the LGBT Community Center on W 13th Street. 
The issue of white with black and distraction is very prominent.

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> I was working on the Boys Club on Houston St, NYC built in the 1980s with solid white and light blue glazed brick. I believe Ken F had worked on it before us as well. We had a devil of a time matching brick colors. Sorry to say, a fairly cool design for an indoor pool and all was ultimately torn down because there were so many structural and waterproofing problems in a uniquely specific use/design building that no one wanted it anymore. To further the sadness, an apparent Keith Haring painting, applied directly to a plaster on CMU wall before he became famous was also lost in the demo. A very said summer for me!

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