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Old Structures Engineering
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Nov 20, 2024 Instagram Post - Last of the 71st Regiment Armory
Nov 20, 2024 Instagram Post - Last of the 71st Regiment Armory
I need one last look at this picture. I find that a lot of the time, investigating a building – whether in detail for a project, superficially for a blog post, or somewhere in between –…
The Old Structures Blog
The Old Structures Blog
No, I didn’t forget to change the title. This is a blog post about blog post titles. On several occasions, most recently at the APT conference in Providence, someone has made a point of sayin…
Aug 9th, 2024 Instagram Post - Reuse, Not Really Adaptive
Aug 9th, 2024 Instagram Post - Reuse, Not Really Adaptive
From an elevated subway station in Queens: two generations of roof. Or, if you prefer, a palimpsest in steel. The roof over the rather wide platform is supported by two lines of columns. That’s a c…
May 17th, 2024 Instagram Post - Half Of A Grand Commercial Palace
May 17th, 2024 Instagram Post - Half Of A Grand Commercial Palace
April 19th, 2024 Instagram Post - 486 Liberty Avenue
April 19th, 2024 Instagram Post - 486 Liberty Avenue
You can read about the building in the awards program: here. The short version: this was a very ornate police precinct house constructed in 1892, when Brooklyn was still an inexpedient city, and ab…
Feb 2nd, 2024 Instagram Post - Keep The Scale In Mind
Feb 2nd, 2024 Instagram Post - Keep The Scale In Mind
Here’s a photo from yesterday of Shaquana getting a good look at a brownstone finial that’s been removed during restoration work. This is a minor decorative element for the church it was removed fr…
Dec 17, 2021 Instagram Post - Singer Building
Dec 17, 2021 Instagram Post - Singer Building
Nothing is ever simple. The Singer Building was actually three different buildings constructed at different times and merged when the third building – the tower – was conducted 1906-190…
Oct 22, 2021 Instagram Post - Another Coincidence
Oct 22, 2021 Instagram Post - Another Coincidence
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