The clouds briefly parted and gave us a double rainbow.
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That’s pretty intense! What was that guy in the VW doing with the Christmas tree? Chuck
Must be taking a Christmas Vacation!
It lives there on the window sill… wife and I are high school sweethearts and it’s a replica of our first car. It represents our youthful freedom and reminds us of the many memory’s we made together in it, one was bringing home a Christmas tree tied on the roof. Wife ties on a tree every year for the holidays to reminisce.
I obviously didn’t look close enough at the pic to realize it was inside! I was so focused on the double rainbow. What a terrific memory of the early days of your romantic adventure! I also married my high school sweetheart. Chuck
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
NY, NY 10174
405 Lexington Avenue
NY, NY 10174
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Grand Central Terminal
89 East 42nd Street
NY, NY 10177
89 East 42nd Street
NY, NY 10177
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Thank you and I have been delinquent- do have more and will update these as I filter through the rest of the photo’s. I will also post the actual address, just in case any of you decide to tour the city sometime in the future.
@Mike Hill the whole “Tennessean” connection paved it’s way through out Grand Central terminal and I was able to handle a piece of history that dates way back since 1913- what gorgeous natural stone……….
Below is one of the vaulted ceilings in Grand Central Terminal at Graybar Passage Mural, “Trumbull’s Mural”.
I was very fortunate for the second time around spanning about 25 years (College School Trip) to be able to get a “private tour” again and walked through the glass corridors/glass floors where the 3 arches are at either ends of the terminal. It is a sight to behold to be able to see the whole floor of the terminal at a different vantage point- below is a photo of the glass framed corridor walls and floors…..
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What'sup, Doc?
Dunno, I'm really biased. The new pics don't have the same je ne sais quoi as when REAL cameras captured the GCT interior in B&W - full of smoke and with the sun streaming through the arched windows onto the floor. That was real atmosphere!
Tennessee Pink Marble - another Tennessee redneck lie - not even classified as a marble at all but a limestone by geologists. But that did not deter - in the late 1800's into the early 1900's Tennessee Pink "Marble" was used in a great number of notable buildings. In the sake of making money - anything can be called anything, and the stone industry would classify it as a marble along with other harder and crystalline limestones. More than a dozen marble companies were quarrying the stone from the East TN area (only place it comes form). Then came the beancounters and they deemed less expensive materials to be used in construction. Now there is only one company that runs like 5 quarries. In fact, they use a photo of the GCT interior as a banner on their website, but call it Grand Central Station.
Tennessee Pink Marble - another Tennessee redneck lie - not even classified as a marble at all but a limestone by geologists. But that did not deter - in the late 1800's into the early 1900's Tennessee Pink "Marble" was used in a great number of notable buildings. In the sake of making money - anything can be called anything, and the stone industry would classify it as a marble along with other harder and crystalline limestones. More than a dozen marble companies were quarrying the stone from the East TN area (only place it comes form). Then came the beancounters and they deemed less expensive materials to be used in construction. Now there is only one company that runs like 5 quarries. In fact, they use a photo of the GCT interior as a banner on their website, but call it Grand Central Station.
Is the stone pretty expensive nowadays from the quarries? Chuck
I didn’t have my Nikon to properly do it and these were taken late afternoon on a cloudy day. Those old photo’s you speak of in black and white or color that shows the natural light pervading through the glass happens earlier in the day and it is a sight to behold…….
As far as the “Tennessean stone floor” it appears to be limestone as the sample had coarse grain/flecking on the surface and it is very dense and hard. Marble is softer and the walls are cladded with “Botticino” marble. However, I will let the photo of the floor tell the story whether it is actually limestone or marble…….exhibit “A” below:
@Mike Hill all these quarries and vendors that middle slabs and tiles, they play “name games” just like the whole lumber industry or shall we say “exotic” wood environment. They alter the names slightly on natural stones because they don’t want you going to another vendor to find it and buy it from them- these are why “trade samples exist”. They also play the “exclusivity” game to sound like they only have this specific material and no one else.
In any case, we as a country have had some of the prominent quarries and it has been put into a lot of prominent as well as period buildings exteriors and interiors as well as sculptures- “Alabama White marble is a great example of well known natural material that was used in the course of history in our country.
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Dunno - my clients are cheap. They wouldn't think about spending their money on marble anything! But since it is the only place this is available, and them being the only source, very likely ain't cheap. I called them a couple of years ago, wanting to obtain a chunk that I could carve on. Anything lying around the quarry type stuff - not cut or finished. Maybe I caught her on a bad day - but she scoffed. Previously they were pretty nice.
Used to be able to get stone to fool around with from a friend that owned a monument fab business - as in headstones. But he retired and shut it down. But he also did commissions on sculptures and such. They did the rebuild of the Battle of Nashville Memorial. It was a blast watching them carve it. The sculpture was on it's back and they worked from the top surface down. The angel sorta emerged a layer at a time. Looking back, I shoulda done a time lapse of the process.
This picture is a photo of the restoration with one of the very few (maybe only) witness trees of the Battle of Nashville. About 4 blocks from my house.
This is why they had to restore it. 1974 tornado did damage. During that wonderful Summer of Discontent of 2020. Some vandals (I'll use that term rather than other more - shall we say -- endearing terms) spray painted it. Astonishingly it was quickly repaired. This being a "woke" city, a memorial to anything Civil War is an embarrassment. The State Gov't and private organizations have to pretty much do it themselves. Kinda, like that little park above. The city is supposed to maintain it. This is in a prosperous area of the city. They cut the grass maybe twice a year. There is a garbage can on site that maybe gets emptied twice a year also - trash usually overflows. There is a small amphitheater there that is not even recognized by the city as a place to have an event and have never seen an event there except for.......well except for the dedication I guess. No school buses stop there. etc.... And it only took them 25 years to getting around to restoring it, and had to be done with private money. My house would be about 1700-1800 feet beyond that power/telephone phone in the background.
This is the sad state of the original base of the monument - about 3 blocks from my house. On city land they are supposed to maintain. By now, the land might have reverted to the original donors as the city has done nothing but spit on it since 1974.
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I know the price for it on the east coast (NJ & NY) a 12” square tile, under .400” cost about $ 7-10 per square foot. I do know a place here in NYC that salvages existing floorings and they do have 12” x 24” x 1.5” thick! These appears to be size flooring in GCT. Price is $ 75 per square foot. That size tile is $ 150! I would guesstimate that in slab form (1-1/4”) that it will probably run between $ 40-80 per square foot for the material alone.
Yeh, I've seen the $7-$10 for tile on line. But have not seen any pricing on slabs or fabricated tops in it. The last tops I had priced - probably a couple years ago, and not of anything particularly precious were over $100 per sf. We have so much construction activity and everything is so volatile, getting a price on just about anything is like pulling your teeth out - quite painful.
"I do know a place here in NYC that salvages existing floorings..."
Heck, they need to set up shop here - our "smart" young'ns and such just have a weenie-sized track hoe to load it all up in a dumpster!!! Cannot even buy used brick anymore - the guys who used to do that all retired.
"I do know a place here in NYC that salvages existing floorings..."
Heck, they need to set up shop here - our "smart" young'ns and such just have a weenie-sized track hoe to load it all up in a dumpster!!! Cannot even buy used brick anymore - the guys who used to do that all retired.
My new bestest friend giving me the eye! Past Saturday, was standing there shaping some walnut I had mounted in the ole Jawhorse when I noticed a movement in my periphery. Hawk had landed on the powerline across the street - maybe 100' feet from where I was standing. Pretty cool. Froze and watched it. After quite a few minutes it flew to my Trident Maple in my yard about 60' from me. The front door of the house was halfway between him and me and could not get to camera equipment. After a few minutes he flew down to the ground around the corner of the house and I took it as my invitation to go get the equipment. Luckily it had a charged battery in it, had a compact flash card ready AND had the 150-500 mounted. Went back to the back bedroom to see if I could locate it on the ground, but as I got to the window, he flew up back up into the Trident Maple with a mouse in his beak. He could see me through the windows - probably only 12' away, so had to wait until he put his head to his feet to eat and I backed off and made my way out side. Cautiously I peered around the corner of the entry and there he was probably 30' away - but looking right at me. As he was eating the mouse - I moved to where I could get a clearer shot and got a few snaps. This is the only one where he was looking at me. Coopers Hawk I believe. And you can see some mouse goo on the branch at his feet. All-in-all a great day!!! Not the sharpest pics as I was battling Warm Glass/Cool Air lens fog!
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Yep Coopers Hawk. Beautiful bird!
