41 Cooper Square

As an alumnus of the Cooper Union, I was invited to do some party time in the new building. The following are personal highlights, in no particular order:

Corner detail of the Alumni Terrace on the 8th floor.

A grated egress stair.

I believe this is a wind tunnel.
I'm sure this is a urinal.
This is a tension-compression machine. It was put in the cellar before the slab was poured above it; that means it's big. Word on the street is they used it to test what it took to punch through a NYC manhole cover.
You can see it sits on several W Sections [think I-Beam] embedded in concrete. The whole thing slides on the steel beams, if you need to reposition it--for any reason.
Atrium stair detail.
The red egress stair.
Classy recycling.
Framing the Foundation Building.
At the very end of this garden, you may be able to see one of the original eagle sculptures from the original Penn Station. It used to sit in the courtyard of the old engineering building.

Sweet eyewash.

Detail of the steel mesh that runs through the atrium meeting a column
The atrium.
Artist studios on the top floor. Notice the north-facing skylights above?

Intimate auditorium in the cellar. The texture is brought to you by some fine, crumpled wire mesh. Both acoustical and aesthetic.

350 5th Avenue, 54th Floor

aka: The Empire State Building

On The Train

I saw something on the train the other day. I've been taught that if I observe a suspicious package or behavior on the platform or train, I shouldn't keep it to myself. This falls under suspicious behavior on the train.

Can't Remember Where I Parked My Personal Watercraft.

Let me know if you see it.

No AM. No Metro.

I'm renewing my crusade to have the AM and Metro newspaper-hander-outers that plague the underground passage between the L and the 1/2/3 eliminated. This video was taken just outside the subway entrance at Lex and 42nd. Please take note of the hander-outer properly disposing of his day's excess (several bundles) papers in the recycling bin.


In an effort to bolster my argument that we should banish AM and Metro to the "land of wind and ghosts," I'm asserting that these publications have swollen carbon footprints. I'm glad they appear to use recycling bins for leftovers, but let there be no doubt that the energy and fuel used to produce and transport their product grossly outpaces their efforts to reduce such waste.

350 5th Avenue, 54th Floor

I Hope He/She Didn't Get a Ticket

Officer,
This vehicle can not be
curratly [sic] inspected due to no
engine in the car there will
be one going in the car
by the end of this week
I'd appreciate it if no tickets were
given about inspection since there
is no emissions since I'm pushing
it.
The PBA card may have helped too, but the sign seems pretty genuine in its own right. I'm betting a ticket was issued anyway. Great effort though.