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Steal a name from Steve Martin: The Opti-grab.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce.Barrett <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: The heavy binocular
>BP design competition:
>
>Perspecto Correcto glasses! Folks! Finally, see your own hometown the way
>those fat cat architects intended! With our patented, rose-coloured
>prismatic correction system built into these lightweight eyeglass clipons,
>you will see each and every building like you were standing across the
>street, without even looking up! You will be stunned!
>
>
> "I'd like a slide show."
>
> >> How many images show us what people really see from the
>sidewalk?
> >
> >Though the Empire State can be difficult to recognize from
>sidewalk level,
> you
> >can be in a lot of places around NYC and recognize it. I
>make a practice of
> >taking pictures of the Empire State & World Trade from the
>rooftops of all
> the
> >other buildings that I get to visit, framing the better
>known landmarks in
> the
> >water towers, cornices, parapets, and vertical walls of
the
>urban
> landscape.
> >What I know best of NY is what you get from the rooftop of
>a 12 story
> >building, not from the sidewalks. On the sidewalks you
have
>people, and in
> the
> >streets you have vehicles. There are fewer people
wandering
>around on the
> >roofs and only the noise of the vehicles.
> >
> >][<en
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