Two Hundred and Fifty Plus, 4
Buildings and reputations can change over time. The oldest building in Westchester County, New York, (immediately north of the city,
Journal
Our work with old buildings has us studying a lot of different topics in addition to structural engineering – for example, architecture, history, and historic preservation – and we like sharing stories about what we’ve found.
Looking Closer
A nice day in Tribeca, and a couple of old buildings with a shared retail space: Unlike in Soho, further
Not Quite A Madeleine
Max Hubacher, April 9, 1954, has me reliving my childhood with “(Queens, N.Y.) Subway and Manhattan’s skyline.” That was the
Two Hundred and Fifty Plus, 3
Back to the theme of buildings that are both very old and not old, we’re proud to have been working
You Know Me, AI
A new tool for reviewing new technologies, the Seinfeld Test: There has been some discussion in our office about the
A Little Polish, A Little Paint
From a site visit in 2019, some steel beams in a former restaurant space that might, just maybe, need to
It Looked Familiar: Wrap-Around
Bad guys, scheming, high up (from Ghost-Spider): Note the tall building with a curved facade facing us, underneath the speech
Two Hundred and Fifty Plus, 2
Fraunces Tavern was originally built in 1719, so if you ignore the massive changes to the building over the years,
Two Hundred and Fifty Plus, 1
Time for a new, short-lived series of posts! Time to steal an idea! I’m going to assuage my guilt over
Reach Out And Touch A Building
From Max Hubacher, May 14, 1950, “Manhattan (Elevated)”: Both the tall buildings and the rolling stock were at least thirty
Out Of Place
Part of investigating buildings is simply recognizing when something is wrong. If something looks wrong, it may mean that there’s
Two Views, Both Not Quite Photographs
From a 1902 postcard, a profile view of the Brooklyn Bridge (with bonus Fulton ferry) and a smaller view of
Flip A Coin
Option 1: I was standing in a primitive shelter in the forest primeval. Option 2: This is a leftover picture
What It’s Like
Usually, when I post a photo I took from a scaffold it’s to show off the view in a touristy
Explaining New Technology
From, maybe, 1911, a postcard that is so heavily retouched it might as well be a cartoon: There really was
In The Running
Yesterday, Old Structures personnel competed in the Corporate Challenge Race for the first time. Our team average time was 36:43
The Project Continued
I spent some time a couple of years ago looking at the photos of Berenice Abbott’s “Changing New York” project.
Some Growth
A recent notice concerning area codes: When I was a kid, all of NYC was area code 212. In 1984,
Memorial Day
The news of the first nationwide Memorial Day, remembrance for the Civil War: Reporting from all over the country in