On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> The few surviving original windows (at 411-423 West 154th) are the usual
> multi-light sash, no different than other I have seen - plain lower sash,
> upper sash bordered by 2" panes surrounding a single central pane.

I don't know about "glacier decorations", but I had been meaning to raise
the issue of the type of window you just described.

Upper sash with nine panes -- of which the middle is by far the largest,
and the corner panes are about 2 inches square -- are seen in mid-1920s
houses here in the Midwest, typically houses just a bit fancier than
average in terms of exterior decor.

Growing up in a neighborhood of houses, I wished there was a term for this
kind of window, as seen in the domestic architecture of the 1920s.  Only a
few years ago, I discovered the contemporary term for them, from building
magazines and such: they were called "Queen Anne windows."

Unfortunately that term is loaded with too many other connotations to be
used in this context.  I'm hoping that your "glacier" turns out to refer
to this pattern -- I suppose the central pane would be the "glacier".

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com