Re: PESO: Golden Lamps
Which is one of the reasons to use Copper, it oxidizes to the green/blue patina, then stops. Most find the color pleasant, while at the same time minimizing maintenance. I expect that the new lamps are black enamel and gold leaf, which will require periodic cleaning polishing and renewal to continue to look good. The US government has always been good at spending money, lately it's become expert at it. On 6/8/2015 11:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks for looking, PJ and Richard. These lamps look like they have been recently cleaned and polished. I doubt they will be allowed to fade into green patina, like these on the same building some time ago: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Columns%2CLamps%2CArielRiosBldg.jpg Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Richard Dell rd...@ptd.net wrote: The New Post Office, completed in 1934, renamed the Ariel Rios Federal Building in 1985, now the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building (in 2013) Supposedly some nice WPA murals inside, and a great spiral staircase. I wonder if those lamps are not gilt, but copper and not yet aged green, to match other lamps I see in architectural pictures. On 6/8/2015 1:17 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: The EPA probably took over an edifice from a kinder gentler era. On 6/7/2015 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Quite ornate for a bureaucratic facility. Architectural detail of the National Headquarters of the US Department of Environmental Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18034691 K-5 II S, D 18-135 ZOOM Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Richard Dell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Golden Lamps
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:02 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: The US government has always been good at spending money, lately it's become expert at it. And we are tuck with the Bill! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Golden Lamps
Thanks for looking, PJ and Richard. These lamps look like they have been recently cleaned and polished. I doubt they will be allowed to fade into green patina, like these on the same building some time ago: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Columns%2CLamps%2CArielRiosBldg.jpg Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Richard Dell rd...@ptd.net wrote: The New Post Office, completed in 1934, renamed the Ariel Rios Federal Building in 1985, now the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building (in 2013) Supposedly some nice WPA murals inside, and a great spiral staircase. I wonder if those lamps are not gilt, but copper and not yet aged green, to match other lamps I see in architectural pictures. On 6/8/2015 1:17 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: The EPA probably took over an edifice from a kinder gentler era. On 6/7/2015 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Quite ornate for a bureaucratic facility. Architectural detail of the National Headquarters of the US Department of Environmental Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18034691 K-5 II S, D 18-135 ZOOM Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Richard Dell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Golden Lamps
The New Post Office, completed in 1934, renamed the Ariel Rios Federal Building in 1985, now the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building (in 2013) Supposedly some nice WPA murals inside, and a great spiral staircase. I wonder if those lamps are not gilt, but copper and not yet aged green, to match other lamps I see in architectural pictures. On 6/8/2015 1:17 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: The EPA probably took over an edifice from a kinder gentler era. On 6/7/2015 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Quite ornate for a bureaucratic facility. Architectural detail of the National Headquarters of the US Department of Environmental Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18034691 K-5 II S, D 18-135 ZOOM Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Richard Dell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Golden Lamps
The EPA probably took over an edifice from a kinder gentler era. On 6/7/2015 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Quite ornate for a bureaucratic facility. Architectural detail of the National Headquarters of the US Department of Environmental Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18034691 K-5 II S, D 18-135 ZOOM Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Golden Lamps
Quite ornate for a bureaucratic facility. Architectural detail of the National Headquarters of the US Department of Environmental Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18034691 K-5 II S, D 18-135 ZOOM Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
