In a message dated 2/22/2014 7:31:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Years
ago, when one could hardly dream of putting cornices back on distinguished
buildings such as Carson's or the Marquette, a preservationist commented,
"The
cornice doesn't pay rent."
That is an excellent related question. All those people who rented in
white brick buildings in the 1960s - they didn't care a whit for what their
building looked like - that's just the way it was. In the 1910s, did
a building with a BSC (Big Swingin' Cornice) rent better? In the
1900s, 10s, 20s, there were all kinds of fancy buildings - but no evidence that
the fanciness brought in extra money.
c