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Re: "like new" brownstone
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Patrick J Morrissey <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 May 1999 20:39:18 -0400
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Not the "real stuff" but you might want to take a look at 167 W 78th Street in
Manhattan. The "restoration" work was done by Sciami with a certified installer
for a Jewish school (2 side by side brownstones). The material was M-70 by
Cathedral Stone and the cleaning was done with the JOS system.

Patrick J. Morrissey
ConSpec Associates, Inc.
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Met History wrote:

> Everywhere I walk I see brownstone rowhouses begin restuccoed - "like new".
> To me, the flaking, peeling real stone is the beautiful thing, not the opaque
> cementitious repairs.
>
> Has anyone noticed a brownstone owner who has purposefully kept the real
> stuff?
>
> Christopher Gray

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