That’s a project we’re working on in Newark – the Ballantine House – where we are assisting Building Conservation Associates with repairs to the facade and front portico. If it doesn’t look quite like a construction project…there’s a story there. (All photos taken by Tim Michiels on site.) If you look at the schedule of …
I expect much of the east to be effectively shut down today: snow followed by rain followed by freezing temperatures is a recipe for a lot of ice. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is already relatively lacking in public events compared to our other national holidays, and this storm is not going to improve that …
The view from a rooftop in southern Brooklyn, taken on a cold day. What looks like a single line of tall buildings, running across the middle of the picture is actually three separate clusters of tall buildings: lower Manhattan on the left, dominated by 1WTC, downtown Brooklyn for the right third of the line, and …
A nice view from the ferry landing at the foot of Old Fulton Street. There’s been a ferry landing here since the mid-1600s; this was the route that Robert Fulton used for his steam ferry in 1814. (And got his name on the two streets at either end of the route as a memorial.) The …
It will come as no surprise to any engineer looking at that photo to hear that it was taken in a multi-story garage. What we’re seeing is the logical conclusion of water seeping through concrete (concrete is not waterproof, really) carrying road salt and causing accelerated rusting of the rebar in the concrete beams. Those …
