I haven't seen any photos yet of the bare rockface; NECN.com has a video, but I couldn't tell whether any of it was new footage or if it was all stock.
When I lived in NH 10 years ago there was a lot of discussion as to whether the Old Man of the Mountain should continue to be painstakingly maintained (it already had some wire holding it together) at state cost. Apparently the answer was no.
Doesn't that miss the point? The whole point of the thing is that. . .
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades. Shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; Jewelers, a monster watch; Even a dentist hangs out a gold tooth; But up in the Franconia Mountains God Almighty has hung out a sign To show that, in New England, He makes men -- Daniel Webster
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Date: 2003-05-03 10:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-05-03 10:30 am (UTC)Boston.com has the AP story.
I haven't seen any photos yet of the bare rockface; NECN.com has a video, but I couldn't tell whether any of it was new footage or if it was all stock.
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Date: 2003-05-03 10:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-05-03 10:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-05-03 02:08 pm (UTC)And I never saw it in person...damn.
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Date: 2003-05-03 03:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-05-03 07:05 pm (UTC)Apparently now that it's fallen, the governor insists they should restore it.
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Date: 2003-05-03 07:34 pm (UTC)Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades.
Shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe;
Jewelers, a monster watch;
Even a dentist hangs out a gold tooth;
But up in the Franconia Mountains God Almighty has hung out a sign
To show that, in New England,
He makes men
-- Daniel Webster