In a message dated 3/14/2002 1:49:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

I also suspect that the sealant in the joints is doing a great deal to hide the problems and hold the facade together.

Ken,

You are once again entirely correct (see previous email for more precise terminology). Remember the Mormons at 2 Lincoln Square? Also held together by caulk (although their travertine was backed by precast slabs, some in-situ shards were held in place by caulk and birdshit.

If this place is subject to freeze-thaw, they gotta do something before the pick stone out of the head of one of the pissing old ladies. Or the humping dogs.

Ralph

Ralph