Met History wrote: > In a message dated 1/22/2004 5:21:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Those old-timers were smart. > > Almost but not quite killed or circumcised last week, 1925 building by > Gaetan Ajello, 89th and Madison, beige brick, lots of cream colored > terra cotta lintels, projecting cornice, etc., low profile but > castings always looked kind of thin and flukey, coop never cared for > exterior, ice formed on modillions of cornice, piece size of papaya > broke loose, make a smart "crack" when it hit the payment, 18 inches > away > > remember me when i'm gone Can you claim comp? Sounds like a message from above. Or... the old-timers were smart to wear hats. I'd be a bit more wary about standing under cornices. ][< -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>