lovely- incidentally I'm down @ 152 mercer st yesterday- between W houston and prince, anyone know what these buildings with the steel shutters were? 152 and the 2 bldgs south of it are very similar. Obviously- always been retail @ the ground, then a high 12 or 14' 2nd story and 3 more floors above @ 8-10".... DH windows w/ steel??? shutters.... the anecdote about the visit to the client is - A jewelry Shop, I walk in and ask for "Bass" and they call upstairs for him, as I'm waiting one of the really cool young hip sales associates asks me " Is Bass your personal Shopper"- couldn't have been more surprised if she'd asked "when are you and bass eloping to SanFrancisco?" I think for a moment and opine "Look at me, do you think I paid someone to come up with this outfit? If Bass was my personal shopper- he'd be fired." Met History wrote: > <<<The three brick houses on Macdougal Street are also pretty worn, > but their age works for, not against them. The Ionic columns at the > doorway of 129 - where Eve's patrons once entered - are almost > submerged in layers of paint, the outlines of their ridges and details > barely breaking the velvety, mottled surface, as if for air. The > columns at 131 were, at some point, turned 90 degrees, so that only > one side of the Ionic capital is visible. Each is painted in a > pleasingly differing palette: grey (127), green (129) and cream > (131). No restoration could ever duplicate the wonderfully soft > contrasts - perhaps they do need protection - from a restorer.>>> -- J.A. Drew Diaz EDGE Development Construction Suite 1205 150 W 28th St NY, NY 10001 t 212.741.7348 f 212.741.7423 c 917.971.1577 e [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> w http://edgedc.com <http://edgedc.com/>