Dusty Destruction
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Putzmeister
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Putz: literally, a diminutive form of penis; a prick. Used, as we do in English to describe a nasty, unlikable man. A putz generally has no real power, except to make your life miserable or at least unpleasant, often in a passive-aggressive way. See also Shmuck.
www.bubbygram.com/yiddishglossary.htm
-meister n. suffix
“master” often slang or humorous, one who is renowned for, has expertise in, or is a connoisseur of, for example angstmeister, cartelmeister, chatmeister, dietmeister, dramameister, grungemeister, mediameister, schlockmeister, shlockmeister, spinmeister, talkmeister, wordmeister [< German Meister < Middle High German meister < Old High German meistar < Latin magister "chairman, leader, teacher"].
This thing squirt liquid concrete.
germanenglishwords.com/rlgm.htm
1958: Karl Schlecht founds KS-Maschinenbau in Germany, eventually renamed Putzmeister (plaster master).
www.putzmeister.com/about/company_milestones/index.cfm
Construction Over Katz’s
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Crane over Katz’s
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Crane behind is looming over Katz’s.
Crane Over Katzs
Monday, November 13th, 2006
They moved this thing on its giant caterpillar treads at 6AM on Saturday morning. It woke me up, sounding like a war was going on. A huge building is going up here.
Windows
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
The building on the site of the old Gaseteria is getting its windows.
