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Re: [OM] Roof Crosses for Dead Pigeons

Subject: Re: [OM] Roof Crosses for Dead Pigeons
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 08:47:36 -0600
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hackley School Administration Building. Crosses on Roof. Muskegon,
> Michigan. The crosses on the roof were removed during the roof
> renovation project about 20 years ago. I'm curious as to the origin of
> them (may have been just snow/ice control), but the legend that we
> were told was that they had a problem with pigeons at some time. As
> the pigeons were being killed off, protesters erected a cross on the
> roof for each one of them. Not likely, but there has to be a story
> there. Hopefully somebody can enlighten me.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=10112
>
>
Nice image.  Agreed, very unlikely that any run-of-the-mill protester would
be able to scale that roof to put up the little crosses - it's pretty steep
and slippery.
-- 

Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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