Thursday, August 31, 2006
A little history about building
There's an interesting article, Building a Balloon with Sticks and Nails, in the October issue of Early American Life. The first such building may have been a Catholic church in Chicago in 1833; the church needed to be built before winter, and the old way would take too long. Scoffers said that the first big wind would blow it away like a balloon. The article says, "Balloon construction is the first truly American contribution to building design."
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2 comments:
I had never heard of such a thing! Balloon construction.... hmmm, I'm going to check it out. Very interesting. Bea
Bea,
It could be just another name for stick built. I'm not sure.
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