Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" caterpillar-like in its appearance

caterpillar-like in its appearance

The Times sent a reporter and photographer to follow an out-of-town couple on their first visit to New York

life for the creature pictured here has been quite a ride

A Great Holiday to be Remembered in This City

They wanted more

Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" caterpillar-like in its appearanceThe sculpture of Minerva atop Grand Central Terminal received something of a makeover, an arduous task done every so often to restore the building's facade, made of limestone but whose daily assault from pollution and other hazards of city life render it a "mossy brown." In 2004, The Times reported on another round of cleaning and restoration, which included "repairing cracks, repointing all 23,457 stones on the facade and replacing missing pieces,