Sunday, May 06, 2007

More Pilasters

At 42nd and Flower.

"This Property is Not Open to the Public", reads a sign affixed to the tall construction fence. A neon signing flashing, squatters welcome, might be more instructive.

Imperiled, as such postings sometimes presage, despite its august pilasters and mighty pediment? If so, no one cares.

Who has time to care? Not the politicians, though the character of a city depends of the survival of intriguing vestiges of the past.

This building brought a smile to my face, the same way a vintage automobile does.

Accordingly, I'm grateful to old car owners, for maintaining and displaying their increasingly different means of transport. I'd grant old cars an HOV exemption too, like the hybrid drivers. Who'd mind really, sharing the car pool lane with a Nash Rambler?

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