Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" They wanted more

They wanted more

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

For historical photos that appeared in the newspaper

for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

298 miles in 56 hours and 55 minutes

Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" They wanted moreThe 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,