In a message dated 12/24/2005 9:48:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Walked  up and down the waiting line under the warm marquee lights at Town
Hall  N side of 43 St, just W of 6 Av before the show.  Over  my back the warm
coal-furnace glow of Hood's American Radiator  Building S side of 40 St betw 5
and 6 Avs, the sharp  fluorescent triangles of the Chrysler spire NE cor
42/Lex,  the red and green of the Empire State E side of 5 Av betw  33/34.




What a large (and multidirectional) back you have, my  dear.

The only glow I can think of coming off the Radiator Building  is from the
radiator paint (i.e, bronzing powders, as opposed to gold leaf,  the real thing)
used by the cheap-ass developer in a half-assed  attempt to highlight a
refined and dignified building  already trimmed with real bronze.  As a former
owner of two operating  coal stoves (a kitchen range and a parlor stove, both in
my much-lamented Joisey  City Manor), I wouldn't dream of comparing their very
real (and very warm) glow  to the Radiator Building nowadays.

Bah humbug.  And a Merry Christmas to all.

Ralph