I wince every time I see some nitwit in a nice coop who has cut through a
marble or limestone stringcourse for an air conditioner outlet.  But I marvel
when I see it done through terra cotta decoration.  I would expect to see
progressive failure of the remaining terra cotta, fractured (I would expect)
from the sawing.  But all the installations I see, however ugly, are still
intact.

Why don't I see more tc failure from such installations?

Christopher Gray
Office for Metropolitan History
246 West 80th Street, #8, NYC  10024
212-799-0520  fax -0542
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