>>the houses were built
during the cold weather of the winter "imitation" mortar being 
used...[the builder] drove rapidly from the scene to his house on East 
Seventy-seventh street, and disappeared; <<

The times, they are NOT a'changin'. Sounds a lot like they build some 
houses now with imitation windows made of plastic and imitation siding 
made of cardboard, imitation framing and sheathing made of wood chips, 
sawdust and monkey juice, etc. It's easy enough to sell these cartoon 
structures to a generation that grew up watching cartoons on TV, but the 
big trick is to get the houses to stand long enough to resell the 
mortgage and then run away to the Cayman Islands.

 >>an excited crowd had
gathered whose threats of vengeance on the reckless builder filled the 
air.<<

Well, maybe the the times are a'changin'. Now the builders and 
developers are rewarded with million-dollar bonuses, bailouts and tax 
breaks.


John (live is too short to be an optimist any longer) Leeke

www.HistoricHomeWorks.com

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