Archive for May, 2007

Stairways to Heaven: Escalators in the Vernacular

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

The Optics and Calibration Lab at San Francisco’s Hunter’s Point hosts what was once the world’s tallest industrial lift, now abandoned and the site of a superfund cleanup effort (photo copyright Jon Haeber). See also incredible photos of the same escalator by Todd Lapin.
In Coney Island, we saw some of the most bizarre rides invented. […]

The Jackling House Showdown

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

The Jackling House in Woodside, owned by Steve Jobs. The historic Spanish-Colonial home’s fate, designed by George Washington Smith, is in limbo and is the centerpiece of a heated debate in the State Supreme Court over historic preservation and public vs. private rights.

In 1926, George Washington Smith designed a grand 14-bedroom, 17,000 square foot chateau […]

 
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