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July 3, 2008
Capitol, In Oblique Homage to Bob Dylan, Boots Its Spanish Marble
Thursday July 3, 2008
Workmen on hands and knees are finally installing the new stonework along the baseboards in the underground walkway linking the Capitol to the Legislative Office Building.
Instead of that crumbling, black Spanish marble, which they yanked out, using hammer and chisel last month, they're reinstalling Indian granite, which is supposedly four times stronger.
Eric Connery, the chief building administrator for the Capitol complex, said today the Spanish marble was the last of the batch that was taken out of the LOB a few years back, when it was found to be breaking up and falling, creating a public-health hazard on some of the decorative columns.
The LOB is 20 years old this year, but still marble should be more durable, you're think.
Connery said even the baseboards, with no loads on them, were showing signs of spidering and breaking up. The cost of the work is less than $200,000. That's certainly a meager amount in the Capitol, where $5 million has been budgeted for rebuilding several rooms in the LOB.
Posted by Ken on July 3, 2008 3:11 PM
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