We had one of those 100+ buildings full of the clanging, non-functioning radiators, rooms where the chairs were around the perimeter for Very Good Reasons, wood floors that creaked horribly whenever someone walked down the halls, plaster and overhead screens falling from the ceiling at random times... It even had the "Men's" stairs at one end that were normal height and the "Women's" entrance on the other end with really low stairs. Kind of cool. It was really freaking gorgeous, too, so the worst part was that they totally neglected it for a good 60 years so they couldn't really "renovate" so much as "gut."
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Date: 2009-08-19 05:38 am (UTC)