After a lot of discussion, I’ve brought the story of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava up to date. Steel erection started not long ago, and the new roof trusses are in place. The current work is the roof enclosure – the steel deck that is the actual roof supported on the trusses – …
In 2017, Old Structures began work on the engineering portion of the restoration of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava. The design team is headed by Don Zivkovic and Brian Connelly of Zivkovic Connelly Architects; Shaquana Lovell from OSE performed most of the structural design. The first step of any project is to figure …
The picture above shows the sanctuary of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava last summer, when work was starting on restoration. It is nearly the same view as the painting I used for yesterday’s post. The loss of the roof and the destruction of the interior of the church in the fire explain, I …
Those two old buildings are, as far as I can tell, 49 and 53 Worth Street, and I’ll explain the hedging later on. They’re listed in the Department of Buildings records, incorrectly, as having been constructed in 1915 – they are mid-1800s loft buildings most likely used at first as stores and/or warehouses. They are …
Brownstone was very popular in New York in the nineteenth century. It was used for trim and for entire facades. It was cheap, it was readily available from more than one nearby quarry, and because it was soft it was easily carved. It’s also about the worst possible stone for our climate, which is wet …
