In The Running
Yesterday, Old Structures personnel competed in the Corporate Challenge Race for the first time. Our team average time was 36:43
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 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
You Are Here
Kieran Healey – a man who does some truly fascinating things with sociology, data visualization, and the intersection between sociology
It Looked Familiar: Far Out Of Town
From “Daredevil Noir,” an alternate history story with the Daredevil characters set in the 1930s, a gangster acting gangsterish: There’s
From Many Angles
From 29th Street east of Second Avenue, the spire of the Empire State Building, hidden behind a nearby fence and
Tristyle In Extremis
I was walking down a street on Long Island when I saw an interesting building. The gable roof extended past
The Passing Of An Era
Apparently, the MTA has decided it’s time to get rid of the social-distancing decals that were put down in 2020
Fly Like A Bird
From 1915 or so, a postcard showing the Brooklyn Bridge: I suspect this was hand-painted over a photo. The detail
Forty-Nine Days Late
From Julia Rez, a group of NASA reports found in the trash: And from Nanoraptor, a slightly modified image: The
Equitable on Broad Street 12
The end is here: both for the construction of the Equitable Trust Building at 15 Broad Street in 1926-1928, and
It Looked Familiar: Attenuated
Batman continues to think deep thoughts about the past, as he looks at the Gotham Stock Exchange and its very
It Looked Familiar: Historical
This series has focussed on relating images of New York (with the occasional foray elsewhere) in comic books to actual
Never Was
A 1913 or so postcard showing the Manhattan end of the Manhattan Bridge, looking east towards Brooklyn: If that looks
Structural Analysis Is Where You Find It
One of my weirder old projects…The Verdi Monument at Verdi Square, which is the narrow triangle[1] bounded by Broadway on
Your Eyes Will Fool You
This is not my lunch’s view after I swallow: It is, rather, a picture I took inside a steel tube
Equitable on Broad Street 11
The end is in sight: both for the construction of the Equitable Trust Building at 15 Broad Street in 1926-1928,
Less Bucolic Than It Looks
Looking north up Broadway, from about Fulton Street, in 1820: The fancy building is City Hall, then eight years old.
A Mixed Metaphor
After Perseus killed Medusa by cutting off her head, he carried her head around for a while, using it as