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The article discusses the architectural design of the Kleeberg Residence, a 19th-century limestone structure with 18 rooms and four terraces at Riverside Drive in Upper West Side, New York City, designed by architect Charles Pierrepont H. Gilbert and built by Harvey Murdock.

Gargoyles? No. The eight monsters circling Grace Cathedral's central spire cannot spout water, a requirement for the form. The Episcopal institution on Nob Hill received the decorative bestial figures, termed grotesques, when the spire was installed in 1963. Fire-Spewing Reptiles [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To the Editor: Re: Streetscapes/527 West 110th Street, the Britannia, ''Meet Me Under the Gobbling Gargoyles,'' by Christopher Gray, Jan. 18. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

-Hudson THE grotesque little men carved on the frame of the front door of the Croton Jewish Center are so small that most people don't notice them. Crouched six feet from the ground, the eight-inch figure on the left shouts, while the one on the right listens. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers updates on articles that appeared in previous issues of the periodical. The article comments on a marketing campaign launched by Wilkes University, which involved the school notifying incoming students that they got accepted into the school by using personalized billboards, television advertisements and signs on mall kiosks. The article reports that Steven Feroli, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineering major who helped set up alternative-energy programs for villages in Nambia, won a $107,000 hand of poker when he visited a Connecticut casino. Bowdoin College replaced a century-old lime-stone gargoyle that was located at one of the school's academic buildings.

Describes the repairs being made to 90 West Street which survived the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001. Replacement of 100 gargoyles with various faces, including Peter Levenson, for the 1907 building that was designed by Cass Gilbert; The amount of exterior terra cotta and roofing that had to be recreated or restored; History of the landmark; Use of technology to solve problems such as the lack of enough granite from the original quarry to reproduce the missing or damaged pieces of the facade; The addition of a suite of apartments on the sixth floor.

Reports on the collapse of the limestone gargoyle at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine due to wear and tear. Description of the gargoyle; Role of the gargoyle in the campus; Qualifications for stonecutters sought for by the college administration.

Reveals that couple and Duke University graduates Aubrey and Kathleen McClendon were not amused with the gargoyles carved in their likenesses above a doorway. Amount donated by the couple to the Durham, North Carolina university; Cost of the gargoyles; Local artist who crafted the grotesques.

Presents information on the restoration of gargoyles and grotesques of the City College in New York City.

Presents a caption story on gargoyles on a poster on a Fifth Avenue bus in Manhattan, New York City.

Answers readers queries about New York's streetscapes. Information about 81 Irving Place, Manhattan's architectural style and gargoyles and other details; Information about Frank J. Murphy's role in construction plan for Majestic Theater; Clarification on first American theater with cantilevered balcony; Information about history of New York's `Victory Arch' at 24th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Focuses on the popularity of gargoyle statues in the United States. Variety of gargoyles sold by J.C. Penney's in Fair Oaks, Virginia; Historical information on the use of gargoyle statues; United Design's gargoyle line; Gargoyle tour at Washington DC's National Cathedral.

Focuses on `The Monsters of Wall Street,' a Web site about Amelia Wilson's fascination with New York City gargoyles, animal figures on buildings. Origin of the word gargoyles; Wilson's favorite Wall Street monsters; Statement from Wilson.

Reports on the public indignation in Great Britain over a gargoyle of Queen Elizabeth II that was added to a church in London, England.

Focuses on the political gargoyles dreamed up by Mark Thomas, a gargoyle enthusiast and owner of The Architectural Revolution in Chicago, that were believed to ward off evil spirits while spouting runoff rainwater. Details on the caricatures of the most prominent political spouts in the 1990s; Creation of the caricatures of American President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich.