Jeff, Has there been any attempt to collect the tiles for future reuse someplace else? Perhaps you could at least do that in the event that down the road other neighbors who need only to make minor repairs would have access to a stash of tiles.
Gregory Oliveri Atkin Olshin Lawson-Bell Architects 125 South 9th St. Suite 900 Philadelphia, PA 19107-5125 215 925 7812 Ext. 238 215 925 1594 Fax -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Abrahamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UC] another slate roof goes On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 09:10:41AM -0500, Al Krigman wrote: > > In a message dated 4/3/03 8:52:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Campus Apartments is removing the slate roof on 4410 Pine Street > today. The slate was in reasonably good condition, although it > needed > repair. > > It's highly improbable that Campus Apts are doing this job because > they want to, rather than because there are structural or leakage > problems. It's similarly unlikely that they're doing a complete > re-roofing, including the expensive removal and disposal of the > original slate, when they could have done some minor repair. So, are > you offering to pay for the difference in cost to allow Campus Apts to > correct whatever problems they have encountered while also restoring > the slate roof to satisfy your aesthetic sensibilities? > Your "Big Brother is watching you" web page is just the sort of thing > we have to fear from the house huggers eager to force Historic > Designation on those of us who cherish out Fifth Amendment (and other) > rights. You should be ashamed of yourself. That's an extreme interpretation, Al. I don't want to live in a neighborhood where no one watches anyone, and where we all refrain from commenting even *that* something is happening out of respect for privacy. Let's not confuse the watchful care and sharing of tolerant neighbors with the strong arm of a watchful big brother with the force of law and guns to enforce. I know there are others, like me, who regret the passing of slate roofs. They are pretty in a way that asphalt shingle fails to equal. So I remark on this roof's passing. Do I think it's a waste? Yes. Do I feel I should stop them? No. Do I think the outcome might have been different if more roofers were experienced in slate and offered slate repair and refurbishment as a normal option? Yes. I have, in the past, offered to do repair or maintenance for neighboring landlords for free or just free labor when I want a repair that they don't. I don't care about this slate roof enough to do that, and I recognize that as a limitation in my own interest. But I still find it sad that the roof is going. While I don't blame CA (but do, a bit, blame the long-time former owner, Eugene Block), I don't mind saying that I think it could have been different. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
