[Ads-l] "take for granite"

[Joel Berson]

In other words, once it wasn't an architectural gem but commonplace industrial construction.  And an allusion to the AAA Five Diamond Award, perhaps.


Joel

 

     From: Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:28 AM
 Subject: [ADS-L] "take for granite"
   
Seen in the wild,

"Instead of the five-diamond facility it is today, it was once a place you
could easily take for granite and walk right past."

http://portfolio.panynj.gov/2015/07/28/frames-the-port-authority-bus-terminals-best-kept-secret/

(In eggcorn database)

DanG

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