President James Garfield's Steam-Heated Memorial

I'm having a really hard time getting past him spending 5 minutes on those symbols that are the wrong way for a nazi swastika and weren't a symbol of hate until 1930's nazi germany at the beginning.

The shots of the radiators seemed to have some ad for some pbs series over them Looks like 2 pipe steam with steam traps, probably not as old as the building.

mattmia2 said:

I'm having a really hard time getting past him spending 5 minutes on those symbols that are the wrong way for a nazi swastika and weren't a symbol of hate until 1930's nazi germany at the beginning.

I feel like the entire internet needs to see a disclaimer about those tile floors. Every month or so a pic of one makes it to the front page of reddit. They go similarly bonkers over finding a "hidden room" (crawlspace) in a house they just bought.

Back in 1990 there was an uproar because of swastika's laid in the floor tile of Hull's town hall. Hull is a small seaside community south of Boston. I can understand some being justifiably upset about the symbology considering it's use by Hitler but I think you have to look at it in the light of what that symbol meant when it was put in. I can tell you replacing that tile floor was something the town of Hull could ill afford.

Bob