In a message dated 5/27/2007 11:34:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: the reason So Ho had the granite is this was the lofts of small manufacturers and bluestone wouldn't hold up to the delivery trucks and the heavy machines; that came and went on a daily basis July 29, 2001, Sunday Late Edition, "Streetscapes/Crosby Street in SoHo" At the southwest corner of Grand and Crosby Streets -- included in the historic district -- one of the new dark-tinted sidewalks has recently gone in, although it clashes with some of the surviving original [adjacent] granite flags. While most people assume that the dark gray of such sidewalks is to imitate bluestone, a spokeswoman for the Landmarks Commission said that ''the tinting is not to match bluestone, but to tone down the contrast.'' Daffy's, up from the northwest corner of Grand and Crosby Streets, also demonstrates this peculiarity of a so-called historic sidewalk clashing with the original one." ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>