High-rise Evacuation Methods

by kartooner on January 25, 2007

There was an A&E doc­u­men­tary on the World Trade Cen­ter the other night, discussing–as well as criticizing–the early plan­ning phases and con­struc­tion of the WTC. It also focused some­what on the short­com­ings of the WTC, such as stair­wells hug­ging the core (…)

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Reflecting on 2006

by kartooner on January 3, 2007

I’ve noticed that web folks are dili­gently recap­ping the events that occurred to them in the year 2006. Always will­ing to fol­low suit when it comes to tra­di­tion, it’s no sur­prise to me that last year was one of the more (…)

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