Guru Madhavan’s New York Trilogy https://issues.org/category/new-york-trilogy/ The best minds on the most important topics. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:13:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Guru Madhavan’s New York Trilogy https://issues.org/category/new-york-trilogy/ 32 32 Living in Viele’s World https://issues.org/viele-new-york-map-madhavan/ https://issues.org/viele-new-york-map-madhavan/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42861 For generations, New York City engineers have consulted a hand-colored map of Manhattan’s waterways from 1865, a masterwork that depicts creeks and canals, marshes and meadows in vivid shades of blue, green,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/viele-new-york-map-madhavan/feed/ 0 The Grind Challenges https://issues.org/engineering-grind-challenge-madhavan/ https://issues.org/engineering-grind-challenge-madhavan/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=35930 When asked what form he would take if he could come back to Earth again, Othmar Hermann Ammann answered, “An eagle.” In 1964, the 85-year-old civil engineer would often stand at the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/engineering-grind-challenge-madhavan/feed/ 0 The Greatest Show on Earth https://issues.org/greatest-show-earth-innovation-maintenance-otis-madhavan/ https://issues.org/greatest-show-earth-innovation-maintenance-otis-madhavan/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=31095 Long before Times Square blinked to light, New York City had the shimmering Crystal Palace, the centerpiece of the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, a World’s Fair that began in… Read More

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