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I really intended to post this when it was the correct week (I don’t remember the day)…four weeks ago…but in any case last month marks the 50th anniversary of me starting to commute by subway, in 7th grade. At first it was simply the 7 train to Grand Central for school in east Midtown; the […]
Keeping on with the construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel under its temporary name “the Astor Building”… Unlike my previous dive into the construction photos of the Equitable Trust Building on Broad Street, the main sequence photos here (which are numbered and dated) begin with the superstructure steel being erected. There are two foundation […]
From an indie comic called “Bit Torment” – not really my taste, but that’s just an opinion – a view of the Regency Spire, which houses the World Parliament: From Carol Highsmith, a view of the south facade of the Empire State Building:
I doubt I’ll ever run out of blog fodder because of what happened with this photo: I’ve walked by 135 Hudson Street many times, but I finally remembered to take a picture. You don’t see something like this every day. The simple facts: it’s a warehouse completed in 1886, facing the St. John’s Park freight […]
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The story of Kongo Gumi, founded in the 6th century AD, is more than just the tale of the oldest company in the world. Engaged in Japanese temple construction and restoration for over 1,400 years, Kongo Gumi occupies a special place within the country’s culture, its origins illuminating the movement of technical knowledge across […]
I hate medieval Halloween what do you mean you’re Harold Godwinson getting shot in the eye
Transcript for an interview with Helena’s Henry Elkus on existential risk.
A review of “A Sentimental Journey 1917-1922” by Viktor Shklovsky
Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation, linking Gwadar with research, coastal industries and environmental management
