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Franny Wentzel: Joey. The structural engineer called for welded joints on the sturctural skeleton but the steel fabricator convinced the architect and Citicorp to go with bolted joints. Also the diagonal wind bracing was relabelled 'truss work'......

in response to: Citigroup Fading by sine

ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Paul Davies: I completed a 4 year apprenticeship in electronic engineering between 1973 and 1977 at Aquila. Just the fact that I gained my 'deeds' stood me in good stead when it came to getting work later. Aquila was......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Keith: I went to school a few miles from the Aquila site in Bickley and visited there in 1975. We were told that they did testing for electronic equipment that was purchased for the MOD. They......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Sol: Hi Teri, I also trecked from Brooklyn to Seattle......in time to watch them build the Space Needle & monorail for Century 21. Lived near Alki and then near the locks at Ballard. Did......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Humboldt/West Bucktown - whichever you prefer: I've been in this area for over 6 years. Bought a condo 3BR/3BA. The first year was rough with all the random shootings at night. I get the scoop from the locals,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Marinus Abrahamse: These are very valuable photos. I am a Hydrometric Surveys Technologist with Water Survey of Canada (part of Environment Canada). We have a water level monitoring gauge a few hundred feet below the Pottery Road......

in response to: Don River Flood by Michelle

Path Engineer: Too bad you were passing a westbound newark train in that picture over the Hackensack bridge, I should know I drive them. And just to let you know what ur doing is illegal and hope......

in response to: Newark Penn to Manhattan\'s WTC Via PATH by Peter

It exists !: It's located just outside of the "Pioneer" gas station on Lakeshore, a little east of Hurontario... For real....

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Sheila H and Norma, I am quite sure that Hapgoods lived at no 20 unless they moved house, like I said I went to school with Arnold and he always lived at No 20......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

IBM: Homer J mentioned ownership. Is it still owned by the same folks? The son graduated McGill in Mechanical Engineering in the mid 80's as I recall. Ran into him a couple of times on campus......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Bob Salmon: I remember three, (I think), Dr Walkers. A Dr Walker had a practice near Albert Street Cadishead in the 1940s and 1950, (he delivered me) after that I remember a Dr Laurie, then a younger Dr......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Patten: Just to add there are photos of the refurbished train on the Cadishead Way bypass on the Salford web site: [[http://www.salford.gov.uk/business/design/engineering/highways/cadisheadway-stage-2/cws2-photos.htm]] Under 'Photographs 2005' the second and third links show it in its new paint. There is also......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Hunter: I'm back again, and will comment again on Tex's "statistics". Tex your reply to my criticism of your use of crime statistics was simply to attribute the data to the FBI, but I did not......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here. The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

Bob Salmon: Re: Royle’s Engineering. Our intention is only to trace our ancestors to find out who they were and where possible, what they did, warts and all. If Jim Royle, layabout extraordinaire, (whoever he is), is a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

dzine808kona: yo thanks for posting does fresh master pieces. da question is where is my boy east3? i havnt seen the pioneer in a while is his burners still around? if can try and post sum......

in response to: Hawaii Graffiti by dubside

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Bob Salmon: Does anybody know anything about Royle's Engineering LTD Irlam, when was it started, by whom, when and where they were born. My wife Catherine is curious as to whether she is related to them. She......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Dennis S. in Miami: I lived out in Pueblo for about three years. I went up to the San Isabel Mountains every weekend for all that time. Jim's family is really nice and I loved visiting them often. His......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

HushUp: For the person who thinks that someone should ask the side of the 'Gang Member' on why they shot and killed my son's friend - It's obvious you have no clue what it's like to......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

little ukraine: glad to see so much love for Missing Foundation and the like. CartLegger, there is a pretty decent amount of information online. Try http://www.hungryeyerecords.com/bands/missing_foundation/index_old.html http://petemissing.de/ in addition to Peter's links above. Also, the work of......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

CE: Ah, the ETS residences, there always seem to be weird parties in that building. I was invited to the annual beach party in the court yard by some people at the bizarre student dep.......

in response to: Griffentown (William) by Cinic

Dee: I was born in Bushwick in 1955. I left when I got married in 78. Bushwick was a really nice area until the mad exodus of the 60's everyone ran.Brodway was a great shopping area......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Angebee: I live in one of these buildings. The architects won all sorts of awards for the fact that we have a "green" project. What people don't know is that the architects, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Mario C , Sydney,AUSTRALIA: Well people you really have to see this remarkable feat of uneducated engineering , this guy deserves respect, my family & I had the privilege of seeing this beautiful cathedral in 2006 and we spent......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Concerned Monster Fan: I hate to read these types of articles because of the stereotypes that get associated with the monster trucks. I am a 20 yr old man who is well educated and far from the hillbilly......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

curious: Just wondering but isnt that icicle hanging from a cable? This wouldn't be the cable added in recent years throughout the bloor line that enables communication throughout the system, would it? Not possible with normal radios......

in response to: Subway Icicle by Michelle

elaine: haha! ta jeeff, but no need to dig yet;-) the promised snow crisis (albeit played out on the roads with serious gritting, and in airports with flights cancelled) has only resulted in a veneer of......

in response to: Tyres in Snow by elaine

Craig: I'm not a Catholic and don't approve of the sect, but YOU GO DUDE!!!! Too bad I'm an electrical engineer or I'd take responsibility for it. ...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

kruzer: Ya know... it's an art what he's doing. Wish someone can donate engineering time and material to make sure the structure will stand. If some of you bitch about these things... how about the leaning tower......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Oscar Grouch: Looking at this monstrosity through an Engineers eye, I was quick to note the sub-par concrete pours and immature choices of building materials in critical locations. Apparently he allows the public onto the property,......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

DAVE: [[img:17829]] The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal drew large numbers of sightseers, eager to see the vast works in progress. This photograph appears to show some inquisitive members of the public. Other more official visitors......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Scott: Now having watched this construction project for the past 16 or 17 years, I can tell you that this is the 'mission' of a devoted individual. Whatever you think about Jim Bishop the man......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

aer suzuki: for the time of year it depends on what kind of weather you like. if you like having a huge grey smear hanging above your head for a sky (which i do, mostly, perversely) and......

in response to: Japanese Garden by aer suzuki

HAWK FROM BAYONNE: PLEASE I KNOW A FEW HELLS ANGELS JUST BECAUSE OTHER BIKE CLUBS SELL DRUGS PLEASE DO NOT EVEN THINK THAT THEY SELL METH OR CRANK,THEY ARE NOW A CORPARATION.YOU SHOW THEM RESPECT THEY WILL SHOW......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Mark: I'm sorry, but I don't think Toronto should have made this list. Evilgentleman said some good things. There are newer cities than have seen and corrected the mistakes of the past to create some of......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

joey: actually it was called the sawtooth complex fire. and yes, pioneertown was spared. it was a close call. [[img:13544]] ...

in response to: Fires in California by jack

joey: i think that is the ridge fire near pioneertown, ca. old tv westerns were made here. look familiar? [[img:13543]]...

in response to: Fires in California by jack

monster: norman oklahoma, just so you know, is the home of the flaming lips, the starlight mints, mainsite contemporary art, opolis productions and forward foods, just to name a few things. Not to forget the university......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: I find it interesting to convert the demographic information for Bellevile found at [[http://www.bellevilleusa.com/demographics.html]] into actual numbers. The population of Belleville in 2000 was 2239, and broke down as follows: (including both politically correct and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Wicked: What up!?!? Art Fiendz are officially in the building! What up Pest One! Can't forget Big Bad Boogie Rack, Alarm, Amazer, Aqua, Zelly Roc, Felon, Prizer, Fear, Guess, Wave, Rage, Kove, Sane, Ready, Comic, Menace, Shep,......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Scootr: My wife and I had the fortune of discovering Bishop's Castle via some friends in Canon City last summer while we were traveling through Colorado on our motorcycles. With no formal education, I have to......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Kevin: Haha, I burst out laughing when I recognized McGill. That's the Tim Hortons on Sherbrooke and University, McDonald Engineering, Rutherford Physics, and I think the last one is near Otto Maass Chemistry?...

in response to: montreal parkour by hool

Biff: For some reason these rocks are called the 3 Engineers......

in response to: The Dogwood Is in Bloom Again by Biff

BooBoo: Bought a 3 family brownstone on greene ave between St Nick and Cypress ave about three yrs ago for 260,000. my next door neighbor sold the exact same building as mine for 580,000 last year.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

delascabezas: haoxtable - unless someone has access to a whole lot of superfreezing apparatus, i don't see how someone could freeze a cat with the blood seeping out of it like that. if you have......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

jeeff: coincidentally that's roughly the speed of pioneer 10, the 3rd fastest interplanetary spacecraft. [[http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0225.shtml]]...

in response to: Milestone? Not Really... by drea

jack: i worked in manhattan from 1960 till 1978 and then on the island. in 87 i went back to manhattan to work down on maiden lane and what to my unbelieveing eyes did i......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

alex: What? you lot are wierd. The Swiss Re isn't "funky", its elegant with sinous and curving form that makes it iconic, and at the same time its an amazing piece of engineering....

in response to: More of the Gherkin Building by Al

EvilGentleman: Ooooh, **now** I get it... Sorry, I did not understand the first time around there. The trains were cargo trains. The strip of lights you see that look like passenger windows are in actuality windows......

in response to: So THAT\'S What the Night Settings Are For... by EvilGentleman

hool: peter: you just need a hair dryer and an extension cord, like the pioneers used to use....

in response to: Blizzard of 2006 by Kate

The Lawman: Who authorized her to be a city cleanup nazi? Isn't that a job for the city sanitation engineers. Actually when you think about it (so few do) she was taking work away from city employees.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Krusty: To:saskatooncycling@yahoogroups.com This kind of article just drives me nuts. It's just another case of that god damn CBC forwarding it's socialist agenda and attempting it's usual "social engineering" by reporting on some insignificant action of what was......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: Yawn. Who really cares about these two, or about anything in that "red smudge" on the map, Toronto? A graphic example of why Toronto supported Liberals and NDP. You all deserve each other and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Wise Man: I'd have a comment on this, if it werent a FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE. The sneer on his face? Ive seen better acting in a ED WOOD movie. Nizzle, please. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

winnebago: intresting how everyone who posted picture is making fun of Leah. The angry man with yellow teeth and a nasty sneer needs some clam chowder image goodness too....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Cheesy_Member: Instantly recognisable because of its unique design, the Forth Rail Bridge was one of the greatest achievements of 19th century engineers. The original designer was Thomas Bouch - but his rail bridge over the River......

in response to: Forth Rail Bridge by Cheesy_Member

elaine: i put a picture or a link to one of that bridge being built recently - it's a total feat of engineering. and great to stand under, it is really big...

in response to: Forth Bridges by Cheesy Member

ray man: [[http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/other/crobots/pictures/design/hub_torque.html]]...

in response to: 125th street metro north winter susnet by caracarn

elaine: the goo is fab, i alwways have loved plans as my dad was an engineer and worked in a drawing office. but my favourite picture is this one [[img:7406]] ...

in response to: University of Iowa Engineering Building by Hobart

elaine: speak for yourself, j, i still think they are cool. i am a fool for anything big and especially engineery things, like the forth rail bridge [[http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=firth+of+forth+rail+bridge&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&start=0&sa=N]] or {the gherkin}, or that has moving parts.......

in response to: Full of Gas by elaine

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The funniest thing was I was trying to find a picture of a yuppie dumpster diving for a (crap) concept I was working on (I'm a creative at an advertising agency, booo, evil, sssss...I know...)......

in response to: june 23 2005 toronto by hool

kc: thanks, peter. just found this through your ref in another post...good reference! Good to know about kayaking under whatever Bronx bridge that was...the bridges of the Gowanus would be good--they're all engineering marvels, I think!......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Peter: that sounds eerily familiar: ##"...From the very beginning, the Citicorp Center (today, the Citigroup Center) in New York City was an engineering challenge. When planning for the skyscraper began in the early 1970s, the northwest corner......

in response to: church in san francisco by steelisreal

elaine: ta, jack. of course, as it is a gasworks it is very definately not ##on## the water... that would be tres dangereuse. recent canary wharf pic [[1842:here]] and there are two more gasworks articles [[920:here]]......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

elaine: for once i think you are right to say 'awesome'. it is on that scale. actually i think the victorian versions were designed to be awesome as well, cathedrals for and of engineering...

in response to: canariae wharf by elaine

CarlosF: Creo que la Coca-Cola debería retribuir los beneficios que recibe de la imagen de este hombre excepcional, de tal forma que no sólo pida apoyo económico para terminar esta magnífica obra sino también buscar asesoría......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Lili: To the Editors and Creators of CityNoise.Org, About two years ago a friend of mine directed me to his work on CityNoise and I began to look around the site. What I found was deeply......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Jose: From Madrid too: I´m engeneer and right now asking me why am i studying so difficult things and Justo, just with his great and hard work has done something like this. Congratulations, we've got a......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Carl: Hi from England, Well done man!! I am proud of you as the Spanish we both are, and as the Christians we both are, and as the engineers we both are, and as the human beings we......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Eng. A'mer Rabayah: i thank justo gallego, to do this great work, may be he did that to show us that anyone can do his dream if he like or decide and within a very simple ways.......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Jamie: Marc. Firstly thankyou for your praise of citynoise's UI. I'm not sure if you are aware but the current interface went live only a short while ago. It's maturity is indeed due to a legthened......

in response to: Toltec Hivemind by Marc

Peter: thats cool- i can see a couple of em open in the above photo. such a lovely building- nice to know it was engineered as well as it looks....

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

elaine: Re: The Gherkin's windows open! I was watching a 2 hour docco (!) on TV the other day and it seems that part of the innovation of the design is that the windows open making......

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Paul G: Peter, this is my favorite series of pictures on this site. Chicago is supposed to contain more moving bridges than any other city in the world. But, those bridges were - almost exclusively......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Peter: yeah... im experimenting with some unofficial camera hacks. the cam ships in low-rez/low-filesize/non-zooming mode, with no ability to change those settings. the actual cam hardware, though, is capable of much more than how they engineered......

in response to: World Trade Center Stop: Manhattan by Peter