Woolworth Building New York
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Out in my car one evening getting petrol and shopping, and was driving was listening to a Radio Four programme about the Woolworth Builiding in New York. It was extremely interesting - its facade, its significance to New York, and those who built it etc etc. It was so interesting that I had to tell my wife about the programme on my return home. Whilst I had been out she had been going through, and getting rid of, her old college and university stuff of 15 years ago (due to us moving house in a few week time). At the moment I recalled to her the Woolworth Building she stopped me and said, "Is this the building" as she turned the folder she was looking at through towards me? So, whilst I had been out she had looked through about 30 folders (of American Studies, as well as many other. with many pages of notes etc), and at the moment I was telling her about the Woolworth Builidng she happened to be on the page of her folder with a picture and article about that builidng.
Date submitted:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:00:11 +0000Coincidence ID:6996
