Maybe he's waiting for a delivery of mortar mesh which will stop the mortar
droppings from the bond courses from clogging the weeps holes at the soldier
courses.

-----Original Message-----
From: Met History [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 10:14 PM
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Subject: Brickwork on 85th & Madison - Question from friend of the
idiot.


A 1959 white brick apartment house designed by Boak & Raad at the northeast
corner of 85th & Madison has been getting a retro-skin job recently - all
the
glazed white's in the dumpster, replaced by red brick.

The red brick design consists of soldier courses built up from each shelf
angle, then running bond above that, up to the next shelf angle.

The contractor is laying up the soldier courses first, letting them sit (?)
for a few days, then doing the running bond above that.   Why the delay?  To
let the shelf angle "relax"?  To let the soldier course dry out?  Maybe
union
rules - one local for the soldier courses, another local for the running
bond?

Does anyone know?  Signed,  Burnt Umber