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Re: Manhattan B---schist?
From:
Gabriel Orgrease <[log in to unmask]>
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The Listserv that makes holes in Manhattan schist for free! <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:49:22 -0100
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I am not even sure it is good for landfill. Then again, where is Boss 
Tweed when we need him? Possibly they are selling it on eBay? Reminds me 
of the time when the guy working at the Empire State got in trouble for 
trying to sell pieces of limestone salvaged from the bldg. online.... 
pre-eBay that was.

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>  From today's  "New York Sun"
>  
> "Developers Mull Uses for Rare Rock Excavated in Tunnels"
>  
> Refers to Manhattan Schist from Second Avenue Subway tunnels.  So, 
> when is schist - the pigeon guano of New York - rare?   Quotes $100 
> psf (instead of $15 psf for granite) --- but isn't that because it's 
> not available because of low demand, not actually scarcity?
>  
> cHRISTOPHER

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