The ceiling leaks, the floor boards wobble, the mailboxes won't shut, the light bulbs are broken, the clock has stopped.

Workers at 110 Livingston, too, can point to ceiling leaks and crumbling plaster.

The ceiling leaks, and the kitchen walls have turned black with mildew.

As he spoke, water had sporadically splashed onto the floor near the podium, apparently from a ceiling leak.

In Mrs. Warren's room, the ceiling leaks, and the plaster is peeling so persistently that the children's work keeps falling off the walls.

For instance, a shrewd householder faced with a ceiling leak does not call a repairman and say, "Something's wrong with my roof thingies."

In one class the ceiling leaks, another student said, and in another a foam ceiling tile fell on her head during an exam.

"When the toilets in bathrooms above us overflow and the ceiling leaks, people think that's part of the show," he said.

The roof on the library is gray-green, and tiles are missing on the west wing, where the ceiling leaks.