A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its construction are wood, stone, and less frequently metal and ceramic.
Someone was driving past the Pavilion recently and saw the workers throwing the balusters down the tube above. I looked into the dumpster and all I saw was broken terra cotta, which could be a combination of parapet and balusters?
Maybe they already saved some of them? I know the discussion was to give them away to WHS alumni or have some charity auction with them.
Would be curious how many they saved? If any.
I have said the baluster replacement was a waste of money ($6 million), as you can see from my photoshop below, you wouldn’t even miss them.
I ask the same question about the old 8th Street bridge. In the car world, there’s a difference between a restored car and a restomod, but what about bridges and buildings?
( and Woodstock adds: “Say, what do you call it when you build new buildings to replace older ones in a historic district?”… #RevisionistHistoricDistrict )