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 <[email protected]> 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
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