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Speechless Sunday: Keeping "Lafayette and Washington" Clean

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Lafayete Square, Washington and Lafayette

 

Kudos to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation for keeping our monuments clean. While standing in front of my listing at The Monterey waiting for a buyer, I watched a woman from NYC parks and recreation clean "Lafayette and Washington" the monument at Lafayette Square. Hopefully she was able to get out the blue graffitti stain on the monument's base. The spray didn't seem to do the job so it looked like they patched it and covered with tape.

I'm having an Open House at The Monterey (directly opposite the monument) today from 12:30 - 2:00 pm. I'm hoping they were able to restore it. I'll take a new picture.


HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

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Comments (8)

Lizette Fitzpatrick
Lizette Realty - Richmond KY - Lexington, KY
Lizette Realty, Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes

My house had a bath like that about a month ago. What a difference a power washing makes!

Jun 20, 2010 05:04 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Mitchell - your city taxes at work. Between the graffiti and the pigeons...

Hope you Open House goes well.

Jeff

Jun 20, 2010 06:45 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Mitchell, To bad people do not always respect the statues but at least NYC is trying to keep them clean :) Happy Fathers Day! ~laura Cerrano

Jun 20, 2010 08:41 AM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Mitchell, Prior to reading this I never really gave any thought to the maintenance that goes into statues and monuments. Glad to hear NYC is taking care of the monuments.

Jun 20, 2010 10:10 AM
Steve Shatsky
Dallas, TX

Hi Mitchell... the New York City Parks and Recreation people really do an outstanding job.  I understand the pigeons but it sort of annoys me that they have to deal with damage caused by people. 

Jun 20, 2010 11:07 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Mitchell, they're getting a bath!  Right in front of everyone!  Glad to see them keeping up appearances in NYC!

Jun 20, 2010 01:09 PM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

Mitchell when statutes are clean they are more appealing, and I suspect will stay in good shape longer. 

Jun 20, 2010 01:51 PM
John Novak
Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV
Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

It can be easy to take our monuments for granite; nice to see these are well cared for.

Jun 21, 2010 02:11 PM