Woolworth Building from my Roof
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
139-141 Orchard Street. When the steel workers reach their highest point they plant a flag.
35 Cooper Square
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
This building originally called 391 Bowery was probably build in 1825. It is about to be demolished. evgrieve.com/2011/02/35-cooper-square-this-much-beloved.html
Whomever has owned this building in recent years has neglected the roof. When was the last time it was occupied?
Surrounded by glass and steel.
The spaceship hotel towers over it.
High Above
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Mercer and Grand Streets in Soho.
Street Surgery in the Snow
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
The work on the water system of the Lower East Side goes on and on. Here they are replacing what looks to be an old 8” pipe with a new one.
Beekman from the LES
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
I know it is called something else now, but I’m sticking with Beekman Tower. It’s residential and features bay windows. Sure looks like everyone can peer into everyone else’s living room. I wonder if apartments come equipped with custom curved motorized drapes, it is the future after all.
Monster Teeth
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Looks like a photomicrograph of the teeth of a coral eating animal. This beast was briefly used this morning to make an 8ft cut into the sidewalk just outside my apartment. It did that in about 40 seconds, and then moved on. Other machines took over and kept me aware for several hours.
New Water Main Continues
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
Although they unnecessarily, I think, blocked off lanes on East Houston Street for a week while nothing was being done, once they got going this crew is very efficient, and not overly noisy.
My guess is that they are laying the pipe parallel to the old one, and won’t be running water through this one until the job is complete.
New Pipe for Old
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
This seems like a seasoned crew, they came in, got the job done and then moved on. They may have been noisy, but it was a delicate job efficiently done.
