The Shocking Story of New York’s Strangest Tower
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Frank
- May 7, 2023
- architecture
- B1M
- Beaux Arts design
- building
- city landmark
- Construction
- Daniel Burnham
- empire state building
- engineering
- flatiron building
- Fred Mills
- fuller company
- grand central terminal
- Jacob Garlick
- Jeff Gural
- Nathan silverstein
- New York
- new york building
- New York City
- new york icons
- NYC
- skyscraper
- steel frame
- The B1M
- TheB1M
Engineering YouTuber The B1M uncovers the history and uncertain future New York’s iconic triangular building.
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New York’s Most Hated Highway is Falling Apart
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Frank
- December 28, 2022
- architecture
- B1M
- BQE
- brooklyn
- brooklyn heights
- brooklyn promenade
- brooklyn-queens expressway
- building
- Cars
- Construction
- engineering
- expressway
- fail
- Fred Mills
- freight
- highway
- Infrastructure
- interstate
- manhattan
- New York
- New York City
- queens
- roadway
- robert moses
- The B1M
- TheB1M
- Traffic
- triple cantilever
- US infrastructure
- USA
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is crumbling and has been for a while. As a kid, whenever I would jump around in my chair or bounce around in the car, my dad would say it looked like I was driving down the BQE. So, the BQE has never been great in my lifetime and always made me […]
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The Loophole Behind NYC’s Skinny Skyscrapers
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Frank
- November 21, 2021
- 432 park
- 432 park avenue
- architecture
- building
- Central Park
- central park tower
- Cheddar
- cheddar explains
- cities skylines
- city planning
- Construction
- Design
- Development
- empire state building
- explainer
- Infrastructure
- manhattan
- megatall skyscraper
- New York
- New York City
- nordstrom tower
- NYC
- skinny skyscraper
- skyline
- skyscraper
- skyscrapers
- supertall skyscrapers
- towers
- Urban Planning
I grew up in NYC and even I am puzzled at how these skinny residential luxury towers get past the zoning laws. Apparently, there’s a loophole that makes it all possible.
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How 9/11 Changed Skyscraper Design
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Frank
- September 9, 2021
- 9/11
- 9/11 anniversary 2020
- 9/11/01
- architecture
- Cheddar
- cheddar explains
- cities
- cities skylines
- city
- Construction
- Design
- Development
- engineering
- explainer
- freedom tower
- manhattan
- New York
- New York City
- north tower
- NYC
- one world trade center
- september 11
- skylines
- skyscraper
- skyscrapers
- south tower
- terrorism
- terrorist
- twin towers
- twin towers in movies
- Urban Planning
- world trade center
- world trade center collapse
- world trade center construction
- WTC
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I thank God every single day that I survived. Sometimes, being late for work can save your life. To say that the attacks changed our lives would be an epic understatement. But I do often wonder how the attacks changed the design of skyscrapers. Apparently, […]
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George Hotz on Comma.ai and the Future of Autonomy
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Frank
- July 13, 2021
- artificial intelligence
- bank
- club
- Comma.AI
- companies
- company
- disruptive
- disruptive investing
- employee
- engineer
- exponential
- former
- Future
- George Hotz
- growth
- invest
- Investing
- investments
- Money
- New York
- save
- science
- Startup
- stock exchange
- Stock Market
- Stocks
- Sustainability
- Tech
- technologies
- Tesla
- top
- Toyota
- USA
- what to invest in
On this episode of Disruptive Investing, Zac & Jesse talk to the CEO of Comma AI, George Hotz, about his company and the future of autonomous driving cars
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What to Expect at Strata This Week
I am happy to announce that I will attend my first Strata conference this week working at the Microsoft booth tomorrow. Here’s a great write up on the Strata conference and what to expect this week in New York. Just a few years ago, this bi-annual event was called Strata + Hadoop World. But when […]
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