In a message dated 1/29/2008 11:18:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Karpinski has worked to try to save the long-vacant Metropolitan Hotel on Asbury Avenue and the downtown Charms Building. I thought both buildings were way beyond preservation. Then I saw this. An amazing story about the restoration of a building which was in as bad shape as the Metropolitan. A Herculean task. The Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side is a place where thousands worshiped, but which time and indifference almost destroyed. We tell the story of this landmark building that would have been destroyed had it not been for the efforts of a few dedicated preservationists. Clip available here: _NEW YORK VOICES : Restoring the Temple | Thirteen / WNET New York_ (http://www.thirteen.org/nyvoices/features/temple.html) Only bad memory of the Charms Building. At one point, it contained the local offices of the IRS. The random audit notice announced that the name of the auditor assigned to me was Mr. Butcher. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
