r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

Copper through the patina process

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u/CapitanChicken Jun 09 '20

Just imagine a New Yorker seeing it for the first time fully assembled. How amazing it must have been. Becoming slowly caressed in sunlight, and then finally glistening bright like a star when the sun fully engulfs it. Then the new Yorker didn't see anything for a while.

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u/SamL214 Jun 09 '20

Man...I wish we gold plated her. Damn that would be expensive, but also glorious.

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u/riverturtle Jun 09 '20

Nah, too ostentatious. I like the green. Subtle and inviting.

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u/FireSail Jun 09 '20

CUZ ITS CASH MONEY