On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hackley School Administration Building. Crosses on Roof. Muskegon,
> Michigan. The crosses on the roof were removed during the roof
> renovation project about 20 years ago. I'm curious as to the origin of
> them (may have been just snow/ice control), but the legend that we
> were told was that they had a problem with pigeons at some time. As
> the pigeons were being killed off, protesters erected a cross on the
> roof for each one of them. Not likely, but there has to be a story
> there. Hopefully somebody can enlighten me.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=10112
>
>
Nice image. Agreed, very unlikely that any run-of-the-mill protester would
be able to scale that roof to put up the little crosses - it's pretty steep
and slippery.
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Paul Braun
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"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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