Topic: $20 million REPAIR job on Stained Glass windows............

[Patrick]

Hi, My Sister Brigid sent me this link to the New York Times article about the repair of the stained glass windows of St Thomas NY. Most of the Powell/Whitefriars windows were designed by my Grandfather James Hogan. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/arts/design/15stai.html?ex=1209009600&en=5bd4f27780b4a274&ei=5070&emc=eta1
If you look at the 'slide show' you will see a panel where there is a self portrait of him standing at work. Here is the link to the image .......... http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/04/11/arts/20080411_GLASS_SLIDESHOW_20.html
Regards Patrick.

[Frank]

Gorgeous windows pity they could not have replaced a couple with modern work though and put the replaced ones in a museum.

But the cost  Put into different terms it is the equivalent of feeding 4 million people in Africa for a week. Or "A WHO cost-benefit analysis calculated that every $1 invested in water yields an economic return of between $10-12 and the total investment required to provide a clean, safe and reliable public water point in Africa costs between $20-$50 per capita, depending on local climate, topography, and the technology employed (WHO)."

[Dave the Glass]

I don't think a couple of UPVC windows would be quite the same somehow, & although I am not a religious person I have been to some wonderful churches whose iconography,  must be worth a fortune, but i don't think they should go to museums. Although that ceiling in Rome, must be worth a few quid

[Bernard C]

... If you look at the 'slide show' you will see a panel where there is a self portrait of him standing at work. ...

Patrick — I can't see him.  Where should I be looking?

Nice to see they are doing a proper job on those lovely windows.   Thanks for the link.

Bernard C. 

[Pinkspoons]

I'm with Dave on this. If items of historical or design importance can stay in their original context, then there's no reason to move them - especially if that original context is in a public venue for all to enjoy anyway.

The windows look amazing and I really wish I'd been interested in glass when I visited NY in my teens, I would have pushed to hunt them out.

[Dave the Glass]

Go back! Ive been 3 times now, its a wonderful city, so much to see, & no i didn't see this church when i was there
Dave

[johnphilip]

Naah Nic you would have probably thrown stones at them and then pushed them out,B  teenagers.

[Pinkspoons]

 

I was a very conscientious teen with a great respect for the past - especially the material past, with antiques, architecture and such. Although, for all that, I do seem to be stuck firmly in the mid/late 20th century these days. 

[Patrick]

Hi Bernard,
Here is the pic http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/04/11/arts/20080411_GLASS_SLIDESHOW_20.html
 Regards Patrick.
Ps, Here is his name in the tracery of the large window that faces Fifth Avenue.

[Bernard C]

Patrick — Thanks.   I had been looking for just one light with him on, like the hooded friar TM, not realising that you meant the whole image!

What a marvellous life he must have led.   Working and playing hard.   ... and being paid to travel around the world on the great ocean liners!   

Bernard C.