Thank you, Gray gentleman, for that clarification.

The original windows don't read as slits at all in elevation--the piers between them are substantially narrower than the windows themselves (which I'd be willing to bet are pretty goddam big--4'x8' or 5'x10' or so, given the scale of this building), so the windows are hardly "slits".

In my capacity as an advocate of compromise, I have an idea: how about if we let the developer take the piers and original windows out, on the condition that he shoves every one of them up his ass.  Sideways, and one at a time.  That should make everybody happy, don't you think?

Ralph

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Subject: [BP] Cass Gilbert warehouse


In a message dated 12/9/2005 12:01:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, some misguided, credulous person, possibly a CIA mole (or mohel?) writes:
From looking at the original rendering of the building it looks to me as though the gun-slits came much later.
Sweethearts, that ain't the "original rendering" of the building.  Among other things it bears a seven-digit phone number (which took place well after the building was constructed).  It's a letterhead, subject to all sorts of foolishness (since not designed by Registered Architect, among other things).  Not sure why somebody put the windows, but they aren't there now, and weren't there originally.

Find very early photograph 2 pages down in the following document, clearly showing present "slit window" conditions:

http://mas.org/Contentlibrary/Austin%20Nichols%20Fact%20Sheet%20SLJ.pdf

Sincerely yours,  Never Really Liked Cass Gilbert, Nothwithstanding