celebrating structure

Happy Happy Day! Snow Day! Surviving four years of Boston winters at BC, I cannot remember a single snow day, so I'm celebrating this gift from Pratt with lots of productivity - to include catching up on structures homework, studio designing, laundry and *hopefully* some time on my card business.

Although I'm studying steel design (beams, columns, and trusses, oh my), I am reminded of one of the most famous monuments celebrating all that is STRUCTURE [not steel, but cast iron trusses to combat wind forces at 986 feet!]. Some images from my amazing honeymoon in Parieeeee last May...  

Eiffel Tower, view from awesome tour bus

Eiffel Tower, view at night from street cafe

Eiffel Tower and moi, view from a garden rooftop, ooo la la

Another amazing work of architecture, honoring STRUCTURE, this one made of steel...the concourse of the original Pennsylvania Station in NYC.  This incredible design was tragically lost to developers of the 50s and 60s looking to build a high rise office complex and sports stadium (read: $$$).  Vilified as "one of the city’s most dehumanizing spaces" by the NYTimes Arch critic, today's Penn Station is a sad reminder of what was once an incredible space...

 

The majestic original Penn Station Concourse and a view mid-demolition, tear