Bad Forced Perspective
From before 1916, “Entrance to Central Park at 5th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City”: and the somewhat hyperbolic
The Astor Building 6
December of 1901 at the construction the St. Regis Hotel, temporarily called “the Astor Building.” At the beginning of the
Pretty Much Meaningless
The attic of an early 1900s church tower, with plaster-on-expanded-metal-lath partitions around the structural frame: Nice column built up of
Three Ages, Three Materials
The north side of the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge: From the cable anchorage to the end, most of
The Circle Of Life
Brooklyn, by far the biggest city or town on Long Island in the mid-1800s, had a water problem as severe
It Looked Familiar: Public Amenity Version
I was unsure about the title for today’s foray into the cartoon universe…it could have been “It Looked Familiar: City
Not What It Seems
An overly zoomed-in view of the Main Building at Ellis Island, completed in 1897: My first reaction is that is
The Built Environment And Society
From 1906 or so, a postcard of “Promenade in Central Park”: And the back side: A thought that has been
The Astor Building 5
More construction photos of the St. Regis Hotel, temporarily called “the Astor Building.” In late November 1901, the building was
Commonplace
When you start seeing big solar arrays on random rooftops in Brooklyn, solar is mainstream.
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