A Surprising Source
I don’t go into the Port Authority Bus Terminal expecting to agree with the management on much, but on January
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.
Not Quite Waterworld
A good article on life in a city near sea level: “A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now
Influences
This is not Artemis II: That’s Apollo 11. I have some vague memories from the summer of 1969, when I
Multimodal
From 1911, a much-worn postcard showing Park Row: City Hall is off to the left, amongst the trees; the big
Not Recommended
A photo of a tile arch floor from a 2018 site visit: Starting with the easy stuff: the hung ceiling
Emphasized During Demolition
February 1, 1956, Max Hubacher shows us the demolition of the el, titled “42nd Street and 3rd Avenue, Manhattan”: The
It Looked Familiar: An Unsurprising Location
An outside-the-courthouse dramatic moment in a Daredevil comic: Looking south from the sidewalk in front of the New York County
Internal Discussion
We use Slack for intraoffice communication. Even before Covid, when we were not working hybrid, people were often on site,
So Badly Mislabelled
A circa-1811 postcard named after the Ansonia, one of the nicest apartment houses on the Upper West Side: The flip
A Panel Tonight
I will be taking part in a panel discussion this evening organized by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and the
The Sticks
I’m almost done with the photos of the construction of the original IRT subway. This barely suburban scene is Broadway
This Time, It’s Personal
We have been asked, many times, if it’s possible to reduce the noise from facade repair. The answer, in general,
One Abandoned, One Being Destroyed
There is a lot going on in this February 1, 1956, photo from Max Hubacher, titled “The Third Avenue Elevated
Out The Window
From October 2018, as I was taking a train to Albany, the demolition of the old Tappan Zee Bridge, with
A Couple Of Years Ago
In Ellie’s words, “Bumped into some old friends” on the way to the doc”: Our work as part of the
Chagallesque
From 1908, a German postcard titled “New York From Hoboken”: The only buildings on the New York skyline that I’m
Boot Scrapers, Part 4: Unmentionable
I came across a source that may well have supplied some of the iron for the stoops I’ve been featuring:
Halfway Done
One block form last week’s IRT subway construction photo, we have Broadway and 135th Street in 1900: For some reason,
Do Not Overload
From a factory converted to apartments forty years ago, a sign uncovered by interior removals: It used to be required
Famous
From Max Hubacher, June 8, 1950, “The famous S-curve near South Ferry on the Third Avenue Elevated, Manhattan, N.Y.”: Unless