Larry2

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Eric Hammarberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Sorry to burst yer bubble but when we did the restoration in the 1990's they found the original quarry in Indiana which had filled in with water and then worked one very nearby. So I am pretty sure it is Indiana.

Thanks,

Eric Hammarberg
Branch Manager
Brisk Waterproofing
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Subject: Re: [BP] limestone - bedding - question to the list
From: Larry Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
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I believe I learned in geology 101 that The Empire State Building was made
of New Bedford limestone, for what it's worth. Nice house.

Larry2

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:18 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> **

>
> Here's a picture on the MCNY photo portal of 960 Fifth Avenue, 77th
> Street, built 1929 (not the "Clark residence" as labeled, which was the
> prior building.)
>
>
> http://collections.mcny.org/MCNY/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult_VPage&VBID=24UP1GTTQ8GY&SMLS=1
>
> It's a very tight close up of the stone. That's a very unusual photo
> subject, thus I assume the client (from the information associated, Indiana
> Limestone) had a very specific reason.
>
>
> http://collections.mcny.org/MCNY/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult_VPage&VBID=24UP1GTTQ8GY&SMLS=1
>
> (This may come in handy if the first link, directly to that specific
> photograph, doesn't work.) Ken and I have discussed how limestone was
> specifically chosen in the 1920s. *What do others see when you look at

> it? How would this be used to "sell" the product? "Look at our cool
> bedding!"?? *

>
> If you want to waste a day, there are lots of ways to search - 100+
> photographs taken referencing "limestone":
>
> http://collections.mcny.org/MCNY/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MNY_HomePage#/Search
>
> You can search for architect, address, material, etc. (I have copied
> here Lacy Schutz, who is El Jefe of the collection.)
>
> Christopher
>
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