subsidence
seismic events
soil settling
oil and gas extraction voids
deflection
concrete beam design
crown side up
Friday, July 19, 2002
“Praying for rain today, truck has no wipers. Good excuse to stay home and read. Schlepping at a court in Quogue, a little west of here, near Jim's town. Newly built McMansion shingle-style. All out with gazebos, stonework, etc. No shade and we're doing asphalt work. The end is in sight thankfully.”—JB
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
From Southampton...
Will be working a society gala tonight at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton. Blue Bloods sipping cocktails. I'll be guarding the artwork and keeping the masses from slipping in. Good times.
I'm trying to document some of the houses I've been working at. Some are really amazing. And just driving around from site to site you see some incredible places. Near the ocean are numerous modernist boxes. I really like some of them. Might try to go to the Halsey House today. I don't think I've ever been there before—JB
“Different mentality out here. We had to stop work and leave a site yesterday. Mansion on the ocean. The owner's dog was sick so he had it helicoptered (by itself) out from the city to a landing pad down the street on Meadow Lane. Then it was chauffeured to the house where it was lazing about enjoying the fresh air. He didn't want it disturbed so the caretaker told us to split. More delays.”—JB
“I'm happy to have contributed to the gentrification of the Mission...pass it along to my other valet friend.”—JB
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
"Model towns like Celebration and Prince Charles' Poundbury settlement on the edge of Dorchester are prime examples of utopian nostalgia: places where everything is freshly minted to look old."—Charles Leadbeater, Financial Times, July 5, 2002
Monday, July 08, 2002
Sunday, July 07, 2002
Friday, July 05, 2002
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