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Subject: [BP] bronze and glass
1. In 1869 a 50-ton bronze
frieze depicting the achievements of Cornelius Vanderbilt was installed on his
Hudson River RR depot in what is now called Tribeca (it's an exit plaza
from the Holland Tunnel). The depot was demolished in the
1930's and the frieze was scrapped. >>>What happens
to bronze after it's melted down? Where is it now?
2. I know why vintage
window glass is so interesting - all those imperfections in the surface that
catch the light. But why is modern window glass so bad? Its
more than just the absence of character, it's something unpleasant and
disconcerting, perhaps because none of it is really flat, just slightly bowed
(in?), which yields disorienting reflections. Added to this is the
doubling, which creates a shadow reflection, as if your vision was
fuzzy. >>Why is modern glass bowed like
this? And is it in, or out?
Christopher
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