The city's response to Bill was confirmed to me via other channels this morning. In the messages I received, I might add, the state preservation standards...
Chris, Well thought out recommendations for the Capstan area - the room and the deck - are not just talk is cheap suggestions. What is done here should be...
I had a look at the work today - and even got an image or two by holding my camera FAR out around the docking bridge. It is clearly all bare steel back there,...
Thanks Chris. I look forward to seeing your photographs. The high barrier that the operator put up to OBSCURE the work in progress is a curiosity. Blocking...
Is this a con or a scam????? Or just someone's illusion? Planning to spend $1.7 billion dollars on Mary and have her sail the seas again - how have they costed...
I would advise list-members to take care with what they say on this list about someone's business endeavors, of which we know little. A search for Robert Sides...
So it appears as though DN removed the original Main Hall (and to the ship) furniture that Ron Smith had returned to the area in the mid 90s? It appears that...
Sean, Several of the merchants have asked the same question. One told me that they were told by the management that the fire department thought that the sofas...
Sean, I don't know the answer, but I can imagine a few scenarios. They might be refurbishing the furniture - it DOES get sat upon a lot, and maybe something...
By the way, the over polishing and glazing of the floors - both the linoleum in the main hall and the teak in the enclosed promenades - is similar to the over...
Thanks Bill and Chris for the responses. It seems the hotel management probably views it as old junk not realizing that part of the appeal is thinking about...
I noticed that about the flooring in the Main Hall as well. The problem with over polishing it as they have is that it shows every single flaw with the light...
Much of the 1936 US Olympic Team, (Jesse Owens for example) at the Olympic Games in Berlin crossed on the Queen Mary. The Weinstein Company has acquired the...
Great idea kj. And the QM was in her prime. Bill "All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is...
So the question remains, what has happened to the original furniture, where is it? Who can we ask about this? Chris, Bill, can we not find out from someone on...
Jonathan, You can ask the question via email to the operator or the owner. Bill "All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed. Second, it is...
Jonathan, Bill is perfectly right - you can just email (or, for those nearby) telephone. Although Bill and I know folks on the ship, remember we don't work...
Hi all, another one of my general questions for those who'd like to answer. I have two "challenge" questions for you all this time. First, given what you know...
Oh well... as it turns out, much of the US 1936 Olympic team, including the rowing team, sailed to Europe aboard the SS Manhattan of the United States Lines.....
first: I think that people should be leaving the Queen Mary knowing about her roll in WWII and in the maritime world too. I also think that people should leave...
Bill, Chris, I realize that you do not work onboard, but you both know a lot more of the movers and shakers onboard than my good self. I re ask my question, to...
I have recently purchased a small mirrored panel with a seahorse that was described as being from the Mermaid Bar. I have seen one stock picture of the bar...
Hi Jonathan, Jackie Fanzo probably knows what happened to the furniture that was displayed until recently in the main hall. Send he an email. If I see her...
Thanks Bill, I will compose and email shortly! I love AV's use and re use of original furnishings. Any future restoration should make use of the wealth of...
Jonathan, I would write Jacki Fanzo. She's been aboard longer than just about anyone else I can think of, and she will know who to ask if she doesn't know...
As an illustration of the width of the Queen Mary's potential lessons, I have placed a photograph in the Chris Butler Photos folder; I am curious if anyone can...
The Main Hall is one of those areas where there's no excuse for NOT using original furniture. There are at least two original sofas to this area aboard and if...
