I wonder if anyone on the list was such a serious adult in 1967 that 
he/she had an interest in NY real estate.  My interest in NYC was 
limited to it being such a great place to go to escape adult 
supervision and there were so many opportunities to annoy adults with 
anonymity once you got there!

(Ohhhh!  That does sound good!  Think I'll go for a visit real soon!)

-jc


On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 06:13  AM, Ralph Walter wrote:

> In a message dated 5/8/2003 10:59:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Have you seen the ad published in The New York Times in May 1967 by a 
> group of downtown businessmen opposed to the state-sponsored 
> construction of several million sf of office space to be rented on the 
> private market.  It shows the trade center with a jet .... well, I 
> don't have to draw you a picture.  It was in response to this 
> criticism that Leslie Robertson said that the Trade Center had been 
> designed to take the impact of a fully loaded jet.   Sounds like 
> others foresaw it for him -- and he made up a response.  
>
>
>
> Although I read The New York Times now, I didn't read it in May 1967, 
> at least not that I remember.  As for pictures you didn't draw and Mr 
> Robertson's response, I c an state categorically.............uhhhh, 
> errrrrr, mmmmm, well.
>
> Ralph