On top of their building, one block north of Tompkins Square Park, stood the first roof-mounted urban windmill in the United States.
One minute, sunshine and spring blossoms were the only things descending from the sky, the next moment it was ashes, soot and fire-hose water cascading from the first roof-deck fire of the year in Lower Manhattan on Sunday afternoon.
"In Kenya, when we finished doing the first roofs," JR told me, "a neighbor said: 'Why stop there?
Orr scored from the high slot at 5 10 of the first, roofing the puck after it had been blocked in front by a Bruins defenseman.
The first roofed-in structure is believed to have been a court built at Woolwich by the Royal Artillery in the 1840s.
The fourth roof option doesn't save energy — it creates it.
Wires on the second roof under the shingles connect to an inverter that converts direct current to the alternating current used inside the home.
This is the second roof farm for Mr. Flanner, who was far too busy checking soil depth, overseeing his largely volunteer crew and addressing concerns of the building's owner to speak to a reporter.
"Therefore the walls are substantial and they are made of sandstone and where you see a roof, that's actually the third roof covering".
