Things Are Looking Up!

    MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH.

  THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!

   Every try to walk by somebody who's
standing on the corner...staring up at....
something? It's tough to do....without
sneaking in a glance of your own!
   Well, chances are, if they're looking
up today they're not scanning the sky
for a bird, or a plane, or even
Superman!
   They're probably just celebrating!
   You see this is Skyscraper

Appreciation Day! It's the birthday

of William Van Alen, the primary architect

of the Chrysler Building, the most popular

skyscraper in New York City.
   Skyscraper Appreciation Day was started

in 2009 by Dr. Tom Stevens, the founder

of the Objectivist Party. It was created so

people can appreciate the engineering and

architectural marvels we know as

skyscrapers.

    They say you can tell the tourists
in most major cities because they're
the people I mentioned in the
beginning of this commentary. They're
the ones staring up at all the big
buildings!
   In can, of course, be an expensive
preoccupation because, while they're
looking up, the pick pockets are
lifting their wallets!
   Maybe that's why our 'smaller
communities' are considered to be
much safer places!
    Trouble is it's hard to celebrate

the holiday around here. The

tallest of our buildings don't really

scrape the sky.

    Still, in at least one area town,

there are good reasons to look up.

The city of Pittston has started

using its taller buildings as

canvasses for giant murals!

Those buildings don't have to

touch the sky to grab your

attention!

      So, if you can't find anything

over a dozen stories in your

community today, take a drive

through Pittston and appreciate

the buildings and the art work

there.

     Hope you neck isn't stiff and

that all your NEWS is good!