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