Quote:  "The costs [for cleaning a midblock limestone townhouse on East 79th
Street] were 30% higher than we expected, because DEP has been cracking down
on runoff from facade cleaning, and the all the contractors are charging
more."
---a Manhattan engineer bidding a project for a school

Agree or disagree?

Christopher Gray
(whose own apartment building is being cleaned right now; the removal of the
dirt from the brick brings out the shit-brown of the cheap aluminum windows
rather nicely)