Joe Tortorella of Robert Silman Associates, the engineer hired to remove the stacks from under the Rose Reading Room while it's still in use, has compared his task to cutting off the legs of a table while a banquet is taking place.
"Charcuterie may arrive at the table as humble slices on a rustic cutting board, but "Behind this simple presentation is years of working and learning to get it right, " says chef Harrison Keevil of Brookville Restaurant in Charlottesville, VA. "So when you find that perfect speck or salami, make sure you pay respect to the people that worked really hard to make it perfect.
In the new economy, workers would wear whatever clothing best got their creative juices flowing, without unduly restricting freedom of movement while playing table football and engaging in other activities de rigueur in the modern cutting-edge working environment.