Close But Oh So Far
On my recent trip to Boston, I came across a new building with a canopy supported on exposed-steel columns: Various
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.
Ductile And Isotropic
During a short trip to Massachusetts for a project, I took this photo from my seat on the train: That’s
I’m Not Going to Use Profanity Here
Good News! Maybe! If You Believe It! Which I don’t! Travel and Leisure Magazine has published the results of a
Short-Lived And Gaudy
In 1894, the New York Herald moved from its long-standing home at Broadway and Park Row to the intersection of
Technology Transfer And Translation
Before I get to the actual topic, a disclaimer: today’s blog post discusses the Stalin-era Soviet Union. The fact that
A Comparison
A view of the Con Ed building at 14th Street and Irving Place sometime after 1928, when it was still
A Public Service Announcement
If you want to avoid the elementary-school formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit, and you know the stations on the
A Drama In Four Acts
Really, there are more than four, but once I kill the suspense, I’m going to rush through to the end.
The Complexities Of Multiple Buildings
A Wurts Brothers photo that was, for me, covered in déjà vu: It’s titled “Tenth Avenue – West 15th Street
Stasis
From the New York Public Library archives, a firehouse at 73 Water Street in lower Manhattan: Based on the style,
Superficial Similarities
When I came across this 1899 picture in the New York Public Library archive, it came with a lot of
Advertising
Francis Lowthorp, a nineteenth century engineer, has accomplished the feat of having quite a few prints up for sale on
Infrastructure For A Hill
A stone retaining wall, looking east to the East River. The low side on the right is East 49th Street.
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
I showed an example once before of (UK-based) Wills’s Cigarettes using an American skyscraper for advertising. That was the Singer
The Reason Why
Another of Ellen’s site photos: In short, a peculiar section of parapet mid-roof turned out to have filled-in terra cotta
The Tartarian Empire
A random reference I came across while reading a few days ago led me to this blog post, which I
No Pretenses
From March 6, 1929, the Wurts Brothers give us 10 Sheridan Square, looking east across Seventh Avenue: Google street view,
Things Change
Looking south (or, more accurately, “south”) down Broadway from 12th Street: On the far right, the 1897 Weld Building (AKA
Insignificant, But Not
A view from the Wurts Brothers, from the 1930s, got me thinking: The first question, obviously, was if 1011 Sixth
It Looked Familiarish
From a story starring two old comic characters not seen much any more, Green Hornet and Miss Fury, the headquarters