Boot Scrapers, Part 2: Preventing Ad Hoc
In Chelsea, some fancy cast iron: How do you get the mud, and probably horse manure, off the soles of
The Less Things Change…
From Max Hubacher, May 19, 1961, “Pennsylvania Station, New York”: Obviously Hubacher was more interested in people than in architecture,
Where It Comes From
I’ve written about the Whitehall Building and its extension enough that there’s not much to say about it for this
It Sounded Familiar: The OED Has Let Me Down
Elektra, as Daredevil, ponders the etymology of “Hell’s Kitchen” while beating up a number of goons: Amusingly, the answers she
A Well-Built Mystery
From the NYPL collection of photos of the construction of the original IRT subway, ” Broadway & 62nd Street” from
A Snapshot In Time And Space
Max Hubacher, January 28, 1943, “The Long Island R.R. station in Brooklyn during a snow storm”: That’s the old Atlantic
More Contextual Analysis
Friend of the blog and friend of OSE Nancy Rankin sent this photo, taken out her office window: So we’re
Non-Negligible
Yesterday’s storm was far from the worst New York has ever seen, but it was a good reminder of how
A Threat Under Your Feet
Something I’ve mentioned in passing a few times, but have not discussed in any depth, is the prevalence of nineteenth-century
Passing By
We’re due for another big storm tonight and tomorrow, so let’s go with a photo of some blue sky from
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