It Looked Familiar: Municipal
Captain America goes to a meeting with a politician: The west facade of the Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street:
At Least Dead Load
Another of Ellen’s pictures, this time from an abandoned fort: This fort upstate was built starting in 1842 and designed
Another Buried Lede
From Lewis Hine in 1931, “Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & Daily News in middle foreground”: Chrysler is
No Math
It’s always nice when you can see a project from the train: We’ve worked on a lot of mid-to-late-1800s churches
General Trends
From the Wurts Brothers in 1931, “General View – Manhattan – Aerial view – 42nd Street – Fifth Avenue –
Temporary
Depending on the extent and nature of facade work, sometimes it’s better done from swing-stages and sometimes it’s better done
Truth In Advertising
There’s something to be said for a business name that is catchy, clever, and completely accurate.
Suburbia
I found myself in Westchester County, north of the city a few months ago. Smile for the camera, Bambi:
Surprise!
I was far uptown and took a picture of a ghost cornice on an extant building: That’s a facade with
The Early Stages
From Lewis Hine, “Plumbing up a column” at the Empire State Building: First, as with nearly all of Hine’s photos,
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