Hey, Pinheads! Guess which of our Sharpshooting associates got himself a most complimentary writeup in this week's New Yorker? Yes, the New Yorker,. Nov 18, p. 74: The eminently practical Christopher Gray, in a brief introduction to a new volume of rediscovered photographs, "The Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day" (Princeton Arch'l Press; $45), scoffs at the notion that the spire's emergence actually came as a surprise--how many workmen had to be in on the plan?--but he allows only that it must have been erected sometime in October or November [1929]; The piece goes on to talk about the Chrysler bldg and various others, and is most worthwhile and interesting. Careful Pinhead readers will see a reference to the story--broken first in this space-- about the architect getting stiffed by the Owner and suing for his fees. Fortunately, the NYer doesn't cost 45 clams, but then you don't get all the pix, either. Ralph