October 30, 2009 @ 8:47 am
OASISNYC just linked me to a great Google Maps mashup on WNYC that shows construction projects in NYC. The map labels areas as partially under construction, completed, and partially occupied — all great information if you want to get a peek at some of NYC’s urban holes and building shells.
Check out the map below.
View Halted Development in a larger map
September 27, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
I came across the most wonderful architecture book I’ve ever seen at Left Bank Books. It’s called La Tour de 300 Metres
As far as I know, the book is pretty rare to come by so if you ever see it, please take some time to look through it (or purchase it). I didn’t see it at the TASCHEN store but if you are the least bit curious, you can pick up a copy at Amazon.com
Check out the images below (courtesy of MTS).
September 14, 2009 @ 2:49 am
This totally blows my mind. It’s weird to think that I live in a city that always seems to have construction going on and yet up until now I had no idea how cranes were put together. But now I know and knowing is half the battle! [via]
August 23, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
Just north of the city of Poughkeepsie in New York on the Hudson River is a massive rehabilitation and construction project that is on schedule to be completed by October 3, 2009. The project is called Walkway Over The Hudson and it takes the former Poughkeepsie Bridge and turns it into the world’s longest pedestrian and bicycling bridge.
The project will be the centerpiece of the 400th anniversary celebration of Henry Hudson’s trip along the waterway. The huge project is being led by Bergmann Associates and you can check out this 58-page PDF detailing the exact specifications of the bridge and how it will benefit the community.
Anyway, it’s a bit far from the city, but I would love to go there and just stand on the bridge especially with Fall colors coming up. I’m keeping October 3 on my calendar.
August 4, 2009 @ 1:37 pm
Photo from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
The Daily News is running a news story on a secret leaked document from the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center (LMCCC) that says that the WTC rebuilding site is years behind schedule and that the buildings probably will not be open until 2018.
Furthermore, the 9/11 Memorial which was supposed to open by the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks won’t actually open until at least 2 years after that date (sometime around 2013). To top it off, the PATH terminal that is part of the WTC site is projected to miss its June 2014 opening date and will instead be opening around 2018.
This is so ridiculous. Seriously.
July 17, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
Photo via The Daily Mail
Check out this amazing photo of a new bridge being built across the Hoover Dam. The bridge will be named the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and will serve primarily to relieve the traffic going around the Hoover Dam (which you can see in the picture above). The bridge will be an extension of US Route 93 and will be a new connection between Arizona and Nevada.
Right now, the bridge looks like a suspension bridge, but by implementing some new bridge-building techniques, it will actually be supported only by the concrete arches beneath (the suspension cables will be removed after construction is complete). Construction on the bridge began in 2005 and is said to be completed sometime in 2010. This should be a site to see the next time I visit the Hoover Dam. :)
