In a message dated 2/26/2008 7:35:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: This is a curious snippet. Always interested in ci. RERG 1870: “The iron covers so generally used over the mouths of the chutes leading to vaults under the sidewalks are very dangerous...soon become as smooth as a sheet of glass...” RERG 1871: [the Seaman’s Bank for Savings at Wall & Pearl:] "They have actually imitated in iron the rusticated chisel-marks that are to be found on granite blocks! This looks to us very much like caricaturing art...” RERG 1874: [New law requires iron shutters on business buildings...] RERG 1877: "architects have recently sought to give to iron an expression entirely and peculiarly its own.” But “the common verdict has been that these fronts are awkward, ungainly and repulsive...” RERG 1881: Protection of Iron Columns in Buildings. “. . . The first is to enclose the column in ornamental terra cotta rings; while the second, and it would seem the better, is to fill the columns with water. ." and “. . . Iron fronts, as a whole, should be prohibited by law. Experience has taught that when once a fire is under headway in such a building, it is impossible to save any part of it. . . No wooden bay windows should be permitted over the first story of any dwelling. . . ” **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) -- 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>