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Re: Clean Air and what it is mean to restoration contractors
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Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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Go preserve a yurt, why don'tcha.
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Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:52:06 EST
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In a message dated 12/3/2000 6:07:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< SUNDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthScout) -- Lower air pollution levels in London have
 cut in half the rate of weathering on St. Paul's Cathedral, one of the
 city's most famous landmarks, says a new study. >>

'Atsa nice.

In the meantime, as I believe I reported previously in this space, my arch'l
history teacher,  the vastly underappreciated Marcus Whiffen, told us that
St. Paul's was saved during the Blitz by the Architectural Historians, who
ran around throwing bombs and similar building-unfriendly devices and their
byproducts off the roof.

Ralph

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