The parapet [1] – which appears to be Indiana limestone - of the Carnegie Medical Building is the building's most dramatic element.
If I were Krill Co [2]. (Krill web site here [3]) who appears to be at least the demo GC, or if I were B & B Wrecking [4] (odd, this link has B & B with an address on Train Avenue while this link shows B and B on E 71st [5]) (B & B are the HoJo smashers [6]) the demo contractor, I would have advertized the parapet elements in international architectural publications.
You can’t get these anymore. How would you like to have it surrounding your patio? Cool. Just takes money and interest. Frankly, it's surprizing that Dr. Cosgrove [7], parapet of the Cleveland Clinic, didn't want it.
The parapet is the easiest part of the façade to rig off – man they should save it and sell it out of their wrecking yard.
If someone wants rigging supervision to remove this – contact me.
Please click on the 500kb image file listed below - wait for it to load - to see the design and joint details. I especially like the vertical black shadow features in the two larger left hand crenellations [8].
Below is a collage of interior and exterior details of the Carnegie Building. The images in the collage were graciously supplied by Cleveland/national Architect David Ellison [9]. Click on the 740Kb file in the "Attachments" list below - wait for it to load - if you want to view the details more clearly.
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| Carnegie-scrap-2-parapet.jpg [10] | 11.84 KB |
| carnegie-full-size-para.jpg [11] | 493.78 KB |
| Carnegie-Medical-int-and-ex.jpg [12] | 113.39 KB |
| carnegie-big-file-details.jpg [13] | 743.24 KB |
