tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7953899742158237713..comments2024-03-28T08:43:38.158-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: St. Brigid's is looking oh so 1848Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20640606719501613662014-01-04T16:52:27.945-05:002014-01-04T16:52:27.945-05:00Oh, calm down, Randall, you're REALLY late to ...Oh, calm down, Randall, you're REALLY late to the party, but there's no need to pitch a hissy fit on top of that.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20002487880257315202014-01-04T12:55:20.123-05:002014-01-04T12:55:20.123-05:00"Both the west and north facades (what everyo..."Both the west and north facades (what everyone from the street sees) of the building are going to be sheathed in cast brownstone slabs, "<br /><br />Cast brownstone slabs?? there's no such thing, brownstone is MINED from the earth in rock quarries, it is a course grained layered sedimentary rock that was popular in the 1860s in the city for facades, windowsills and elements, but they soon found out this stone rapidly deteriorates in the weather- spalls, cracks and flakes off, so you will find sandstone (or brownstone if you wish) keystones with their faces and cavings completely rotted away. That was when kiln fired terracotta which the stone carvers literally rioted over putting them out of work started falsely claiming the terracotta would never last, that only stone would last (it was proven to be a lie) and terracotta replaced carved stone as THE material to use on facades.<br /><br />What they are calling here "cast brownstone" to me as a professional sculptor who specializes in re-creating the Victorian and Art Deco era facade sculptures suggests they are using tinted CONCRETE and I have taken one Ebay seller of a "brownstone carving" to task when he admitetd his "brownstone carving" was not carved STONE commonly referred to as "brownstone" at all, but was a "proprietary mix that takes a week to cure."<br /><br />Let's be accurate here, if it's any form of CAST material it is tinted CONCRETE, real brownstone was MINED from the earth in huge slabs and cut by machines into smaller blocks, there's no "casting" involved!<br />RD Wolff<br />http://RandallWolff.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27558843607293025082011-11-20T01:54:36.249-05:002011-11-20T01:54:36.249-05:00Ironically, this looks to be where the 1960's-...Ironically, this looks to be where the 1960's-era bandshell stood until it was removed in the 1992 renovation. From Bandstand to not-a-bandstand to bandshell to not-a-bandshell. What's next for Tompkins Square?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48234400135088821052011-11-18T20:56:12.750-05:002011-11-18T20:56:12.750-05:00That old pic is a GEM! Reminds of the old Sunday N...That old pic is a GEM! Reminds of the old Sunday News feature "New York's Changing Scene"Joe Juskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372481990907532158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20109464452310367112011-11-18T10:04:29.822-05:002011-11-18T10:04:29.822-05:00LOVE the old photo!!!! That gazebo is a gem.LOVE the old photo!!!! That gazebo is a gem.VH McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758245677856344651noreply@blogger.com