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I was gonna post this photo yesterday, but never got around to it and today, it fits in better after reading this article from the NYT that Scott linked to. It's a quick look at the history of City Hall and a peek into the conservational efforts going on right now.

The article guesstimates a price tag of well over $2 Billion for the building on 2006 dollars citing the costs of the intricate stonework as "beyond calculation" - now that's expensive. It's a lovely structure. Hard to really embrace with it's cold stone, but the cleaning of the surface and replacing the rusted over spots and renewing the interior should warm the place up a bit.

The shot above is a crop of this shot taken over the weekend from the island on Broad/Spruce Sts. It was with my 80-200mm f/2.8 telephoto and my D70. I have a slightly wider shot, but that's at 80mm, so not too wide, from a few seconds earlier, but I haven't posted that one; it's similar to the shot accompanying the article. And I also have this shot of the Clothespin and the western side of City Hall. It's one of the first shots I took with my then brand spankin new D70 nineteen months ago. You can see how dirty the top chunk of the 548' tower was. We have an 11" x 14" print of the old shot hanging splendidly in our living room.

And I also have this shot from NW of City Hall at night.

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