Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" life for the creature pictured

life for the creature pictured here has been quite a ride

caterpillar-like in its appearance

double-decker buses - manned by a driver and conductor - lent a certain quaint flavor to New York's Fifth Avenue

298 miles in 56 hours and 55 minutes

The Times sent a reporter and photographer to follow an out-of-town couple on their first visit to New York

Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" life for the creature picturedThe sculpture of Minerva atop Grand Central Terminal received something of a makeover, an arduous task done every so often to restore the building's facade, made of limestone but whose daily assault from pollution and other hazards of city life render it a "mossy brown." In 2004, The Times reported on another round of cleaning and restoration, which included "repairing cracks, repointing all 23,457 stones on the facade and replacing missing pieces,