neat pic:

 

 

 

http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2007/01/04/the_lower_east.php

Crissakes!  Is that fire damage or should the building have been powerwashed in 1954?

That's why the (used to) call them "Brownstones."

Wow, it's amazing they can restore the bricks to their original color like that.

Crissakes!  Is that fire damage or should the building have been powerwashed in 1954?

 

i guess it takes heavy duty gentrification to get a bath!

Looked better before.

So do you think all of that nasty, dirty water is just falling down below?  The better have that whole side of the street blocked off!!!

So do you think all of that nasty, dirty water is just falling down below?  The better have that whole side of the street blocked off!!!

 

Honey, if its in NY.  A lil dirty water might be an improvement for some folks!

 

the building/buildings' owners prabably put up a protective walkway around the building

jeepers, that's a lot of dimp

Aww! They're spoiling the patina!

So you leave for work in the morning. The power washers whoe up and finish before your return.

 

I wonder how many times you circle the block before you figure that that's your building.

I remember I was similarly surprised when I saw the Old Stone Church in downtown Cleveland clean for the first time. The Old Stone Church is White? Who would have ever known?

They're stripping NYC of its grit factor  :-o

^ It was long ago.