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| Reply To: | This isn`t an orifice, it`s help with fluorescent lighting. |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:43:19 -0500 |
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Are they connected to rods? As in Tie Rods?
Are they straps?
-jc
On Apr 9, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Met History wrote:
> The steel-framed building at 599 Broadway in New York City (southwest
> corner of Houston), built about 1915, was first flanked on one side by
> a much earlier 8 story masonry, bearing wall building. The 8 story
> building was demolished in the 1930s. Photographs following the
> demolition clearly show some sort of metal brackets placed -
> perhaps 10 -12 feet apart? - along the newly exposed lines of the
> beams on 599 Broadway. (This area was later used by Forrest Myers for
> his sculpture of aluminum beams projecting out into space, subject of
> a current "artist's rights" suit.)
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> These brackets - how do I describe them? They appear to serve the
> same purpose as the metal stars on the sidewalls of early 19th century
> buildings, such as those in the South Street Seaport area.
>
> I am tempted to call them tie bars.
>
> Christopher
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