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>.
