Not Quite Right
It’s just a guess, but I don’t think that beam is working the way it was intended.
Sugar-Frosted
A tiny bit of snow a few nights ago: not enough to stick on concrete pavement that retains some heat, but enough to stick on a cold metal roof.
A Strange Assignment
As I was trawling through the Underhill collection at the Library of Congress, I stumbled over another building that I have a personal connection to: 95 Maiden Lane. I worked on hypothetical repairs in 1988 or 89 and I have no idea if any of them were ever performed. I was only at the building …
Necessary But Weird
There was something of a boom in the 1890s and 1900s for the construction of “fireproof storage warehouses.” They were used by any number of of people for any number of purposes, but their most important use was for document storage. In those days before computers, before microfilm, and before xeroxing, every white-collar business created …
Resurgence Almost 400 Years Later
New York will soon have off-shore wind turbines for electric power. Three areas are set for development: two off the entrance to the harbor and one to the east, past the east end of Long Island. People have successfully developed solar power in the our area, but between the reduced direct light in winter and …