This is so awesome.
If you want to see an actual photo of the thing, go
here.
And in the comments of someone commenting on that blog:
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My favorite true story: the people in the genesis carving on the front of the cathedral were strippers and customers from a strip joint in georgetown. Their bodies were idealized but the faces weren’t.
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Seriously, that building seems to have a lot of awesome grotesques and gargoyles. Now I want to see the girl with braces and the racoon. Apparently there also is a buisness man with a suitcase, and a WW1 soldier with gas mask there. And a caricature of a the head mason, which apparently got the carver in a bit of trouble.
And in some area that's not open for visitors, some guy said there's a figure of a robed guy with a shield, waving to anyone looking out the window.
If I ever get to Washington D.C., I'll have to visit that place. And of course, bring binoculars.
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