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August 29, 2012 02:27 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cgUUfnmymMQ/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html
The facade of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art has never been fully finished
It sure seems like a completed structure at first glance. But look closer. Specifically, look at the piles of stone blocks stacked on top of the columns. Those blocks were hauled up there during construction—around the turn of the 20th century. They were supposed to be carved into sculptures representing "Music", "Architecture", "Painting" and, ironically, [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cgUUfnmymMQ/the-facade-of-nycs-metropoli.html
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