As NYC Landmarks Commission, and many others, call it "Rebrownstoning". Like Hair Club For Men would call "Rehairing" - spray paint your bald head black.


Thanks,

Eric Hammarberg
Vice President
Thornton Tomasetti
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New York, NY  10010
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 -----Original Message-----
From:   [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:58 PM Eastern Standard Time
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        [BP] brownstoned

This weekend I let loose with another savage attack on "brownstone 
restoration"   a la stucco.

Here's a letter of comment:





In a message dated 12/22/2007 2:42:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
[log in to unmask] writes:

Dear Mr  Gray,

I have a minor comment on your interesting article.  It's  not universally
true that "Brown stucco is  opaque and uniform, like imitation-wood paneling."  
Only modern  stucco techniques make it appear that way.  Most stucco today is
applied  with a top layer of what is essentially latex paint, so of course it
looks  like a fake, artificial surface.  But authentic stucco, as originally 
applied, has a decidedly nonuniform appearance, which includes cracks and 
color variations and other "imperfections" (beauty marks?).  I'm building  a
(contemporary) house in Princeton with what I hope will be a more authentic  form
of stucco.

Sincerely,

David  desJardins








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