Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" The Times sent a reporter

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

They wanted more

caterpillar-like in its appearance

298 miles in 56 hours and 55 minutes

For historical photos that appeared in the newspaper

Statue Repairs Size:20" x 25" The Times sent a reporterThe 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,