81.   When the parquet floor is finally retired, you can expect some of it to wind up at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.

82.   Who could forget the Cooz, family at his side on the Garden parquet floor, making his tearful farewell speech.

83.   But Bird, taking the parquet floor for the first time with another team, stole the spotlight from his former teammate.

84.   Clinton made the announcement in the East Room, now ornate with chandeliers and parquet floors.

85.   Down the hall is a vast, hexagonal room with a parquet floor.

86.   Larry Bird, who hit more than one game-winning shot on the parquet floor, was there.

87.   The parquet floors are near-duplicates of the originals.

88.   The room has been redecorated, with a pink pastel shade for the walls and the chairs and parquet floor a shade of mulberry.