Irv brought a trolley that rode the length of the I beam carrying a 1/2 ton hoist. The finished system made lifting and moving stone a breeze.

The learned men in Nina’s life said ‘you can’t do that’, ‘you’ll kill yourself’, ‘the roof will collapse’. She threw them all out.

Nina was prone to deliberate over important decisions, inquire of "the experts" and then do the opposite of what they advised. She was strong willed and tireless in her art work

She showed an early interest in art, it spoke to her in a way that the sciences never could