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Deconstructing NYC History
The History magazine and the website serves to New Yorker’s as well as everyone else as a historical information guide of NYC. History is a source students should try to be familiar with for research and general knowledge, mostly for … Continue reading
“Manhatta” Before It All
Before learning about New York City architecture we should really get to know about our cities’ origin. Picturing the city before it became well developed should be an important factor in the way we view our surroundings. Eric Sanderson’s talk … Continue reading
Empire State Building
New York Building The New York building that I would like to write about is the empire state building. This is building one the images that come to mind when you think of New York. Located in mid-town Manhattan it … Continue reading
Digital New York
Digital New York New York City is a well-known city all over the world, the Big Apple, the city of skyscrapers, the city that never sleeps, our concrete jungle. Its said that if you come to new York and you … Continue reading
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My favorite Building
The Seagram Building During our walking tour in Midtown Manhattan we had the opportunity of personally visualize some of the buildings that we had discussed in class. By looking at their features and aspects more closely, coming near or even … Continue reading
My Favorite … (revised)
One of my favorite buildings in New York City is the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. I’ve never gone inside the building but I’ve seen it from the outside. What catches me about this building is … Continue reading
My New York (revised)
Fast paced environment, a lot of stress, tons of people which include tourists, tall buildings, numerous train lines and yellow taxi cabs are just a few of the things that come to mind when I think of New York City. … Continue reading
The Bessemer Process
What is the Bessemer process? The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive process which mass produced steel. The Bessemer process was invented by an English man in the mid 1800’s. He put a patent on it in 1855. This process … Continue reading
Timber Framing
Hewn: to chop or cut something (esp. wood) with an ax, pick or other tool Heavy hewn timber framing dates back to before the Dutch Provincial Era in the 1600’s. It was the most common, well the only way people … Continue reading
Less is More…
“Less is More…” The Seagram Building is one of the many buildings in NYC that have a curtain wall. In the beginning days of skyscrapers, it was all about that one tower after many setbacks that made the skyscraper. It … Continue reading
