> It
>cost 1.8 mil. in 1910, and would cost 1.7 BIL. today! 26 Vermont marble
>columns weighing 10 tons each. Marble and stained glass everywhere.
>Italian artisans worked for $.50/day.
Sounds really nice. I'm learning about the masonry trade lately, so I notice
things like this more and more.
> I came home to over
>900 messages; what do you guys *do*, anyway ;>)?
Uh, not much actually....
--
Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately,
no one we know belongs.
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