Leland R. S.
Torrence
Leland Torrence Enterprises and the Guild
17
Vernon Court, Woodbridge, CT
06525
Office: 203-397-8505
Fax: 203-389-7516
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Judith E. Selwyn
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:33
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Subject: Re: [BP] eroded limestone
question
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 28,
2007 12:12 PM
Subject: [BP] eroded
limestone question
I was looking at the twin-towered Majestic this morning -
the 1931 building erected by Irwin Chanin, across the street from the
Dakota. Unlike the cast-stone lower floors of its very-near-relation
the Century, at 62nd, the Majestic's are of limestone.
It has an unusual appearance, and I am not certain I have
seen it on any other building in New
York. There are very fine,
irregular erosion troughs, just lines really, all longitudinal, kind of
like rain drops smearing across the porthole of your 300 mph jet
liner. They are not like beach stuff or wave action, like I see in
other stone installations.
The lines are all parallel to the sidewalk, so they were
installed with a knowledge of the
actual graining.
Have I described this adequately? Kind of like someone
took a very irregular comb across the surface, although they are clearl eroded,
not mechanically made. But I cannot imagine what the character or method
of the original deposit was to subsequently allow this lines. This pattern
appears on 9 out of 10 of the perhaps 300 blocks (typicall 4" deep, and
perhaps 4 feet on a side). What are they?
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