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Re: aluminum
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Dave Follett <[log in to unmask]>
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The listserv where the buildings do the talking <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:05:44 -0400
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Ken may recall the year on the Hessian Hut restoration at the Dyckman
House, but we were surprised to find that the hut, which was a
replica, had thick aluminum plates under the ceder log "roof."  The
restoration of a replica was an exciting adventure into preserving
authentically the inauthentic.

David Follett

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:41 PM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Henry McGill's 1932 Church of the Most Precious Blood, in Queens, has a
> spectacular array of aluminum ornament, including a huge pierced screen
> around the octagonal tower.    I note in the literature just a few other
> buildings in NYC with aluminum: an aluminum flagpole base and some spandrel
> panels on the Chrysler Building.
>
> Any other uses of aluminum in Manhattan come to mind, in the 1920-1940
> period?
>
> Christopher
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