Bad Forced Perspective
From before 1916, “Entrance to Central Park at 5th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City”: and the somewhat hyperbolic
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.
The Astor Building 6
December of 1901 at the construction the St. Regis Hotel, temporarily called “the Astor Building.” At the beginning of the
Pretty Much Meaningless
The attic of an early 1900s church tower, with plaster-on-expanded-metal-lath partitions around the structural frame: Nice column built up of
Three Ages, Three Materials
The north side of the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge: From the cable anchorage to the end, most of
The Circle Of Life
Brooklyn, by far the biggest city or town on Long Island in the mid-1800s, had a water problem as severe
It Looked Familiar: Public Amenity Version
I was unsure about the title for today’s foray into the cartoon universe…it could have been “It Looked Familiar: City
Not What It Seems
An overly zoomed-in view of the Main Building at Ellis Island, completed in 1897: My first reaction is that is
The Built Environment And Society
From 1906 or so, a postcard of “Promenade in Central Park”: And the back side: A thought that has been
The Astor Building 5
More construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel, temporarily called “the Astor Building.” In late November 1901, the building was
Commonplace
When you start seeing big solar arrays on random rooftops in Brooklyn, solar is mainstream.
An Obsolete Function
View of a set-back roof at the second floor level of an Upper West Side apartment house: The low parapet
Twenty Five Years
Anything I have to say is better said here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puPw6WajxQo For more information: Engineers at Ground Zero.
The Astor Building 4
More construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor Building.” Once the steel framing of
Three Views Of Belvedere
From the New York Public Library’s postcard collection. First, a nice photo from 1906 of the entrance to Belvedere Castle
The Astor Building 3
More construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor Building.” Keep in mind that this
Labor Day
The Tobacco Workers’ wagon passes in front of the camera during the 1887 Labor Day parade at Union Square: We’re
Two Lobbies
Apparently the thing was a vaulted coffered ceiling. The Equitable Life Assurance Building at 120 Broadway, 1915, where the lobby
In-Between
Too narrow to be an alley, too wide to be a seismic gap.
A Rarity In New York
Art Nouveau, as an architectural style, is quite rare in New York, which is odd if you think about it.
SEAoNY Honors Donald Friedman with Honorary Membership
We are pleased to announce that the Structural Engineers Association of New York has made it official: Donald Friedman is