On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Heidi Harendza wrote: > John- > > Chubb was the insurer on the reconstruction project out in Long Island that I > visited for the Victorian Society's Stanford White seminar (historic house > burned, Chubb insured to reconstruct the building) > > I'm sure I have the name of the architect who did the presentation in my > files, if you are interested in that angle. Is this the case where they decided that a reconstruction was "physically impossible" regardless how much money was available? I'm still wondering what the problem was -- materials? building codes? artisan or trade skills? lack of information about the original? --- Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask] The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com