Subject: RE: Meet me at the Biltmore
ZazieZazie@hetnet.nl
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 03:49:46 GMT
--tim o'connor wrote:
The Times notes the death of real estate developer Seymour Milstein,
who was noted, among other things, for "outrag[ing] city officials and
preservationists [in 1981] by demolishing the famous Palm Court lounge
and gilded clock at the Biltmore Hotel on Madison Avenue, after
promising to restore them...."
For some reason this makes me sadder than any ol' flood disaster or earthquake, ...
Why is that?
Anyone have the same feelings?
Z.
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