@@paulatiredofthisshit Unless the tree was as thick as a shed there's no way cutting down a single tree and removing the stump _has_ to take an entire 14 days
It was safe because it moved very slowly. The sidewalk entrance was on a wooden platform that moved with it, along with all the utilities in flexible pipes. What was just as impressive was the hundreds of phone cables that were moved at the same time without impacting local phone service. In 1932, in the space that was vacated they constructed a massive 22 story concrete building that's still being used as a phone switching and data center. I used to work there.
I'm a former second generation telephone man. I cut-over three central office switches. One switch served a city of about 25,000 people plus all the local businesses so probably 25K phone services. FYI for non-telco people it takes two dedicated wires for every service. About 50,000 individual wires re-routed. Big, big job but it's not completely uncommon. When the switches (the heart of central offices) went from analog to digital every single hard line everywhere had to be physically moved in some manner without disrupting service.
I just heard about this and had to look it up. I still can't believe it! Those folks must have really known what they were doing even though it had never been done before to that extent.
Amazing --- The exchange was translated from the real axis to the complex axis with this 90 degree move! 600 people working inside a functional exchange while moving 15 inches per hour-- the definition of excellent planning and execution.
@@chinnimanikrishna9823 Nowadays young architects have nothing to say and are clueless about those kind of construction methods. All they know now is make 3d models and render. They don't even know how to detail and quantify. They also write like doctors now. Lol
In 1929 they planned to "demolish the aging 1906 structure"... HA! I would never expect that a 23-year-old building would be deemed "aging!" But then again, in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge's projected lifespan was only considered to be about 75 years, yet here we are 66 years after that and it's still standing!
Don't think it matters but I'd assume they poured a new one right under it after relocating.... But who knows, these architects were only smart enough to move the building, they probably just forgot they might need foundation support?
@@alextwin8748 For thousands of years people of color have been building and moving very large objects. Most of what white men know comes from them. You are letting your ignorance show.
@@aprilmanning4188 really what happened then if they were so advanced how did they lose all the knowledge ? why are their countries lacking basic infrastructure? if they were so advanced how does one get conquered?
@@alextwin8748 Honestly.. that never crossed my mind. I am not white myself. I am a latino. But, I never went around complaining about how oppressed I supposedly am, and how everybody owes me something. And, what if America had less diversity during its golden age? It is more racist to say or imply that whiteness is bad or that lack of ethnical diversity is a negative thing. The most racist people are the ones that cry out "racism" all the time. Nobody owes you anything. Just work hard and get ahead in life. Period.
Well presented, obscure piece of history and can't pronounce the famous architect & author's name correctly??? The the emphasis on "SL" in Slaughterhouse Five. This narrator is .....
In contrast, this year in my city, they had to shut down a local dog park for two weeks to cut down a single tree!
Picture a bunch of people who have no sense or manners, and dogs who see a bunch of sticks. Good idea to let people wander in there.
@@paulatiredofthisshit Unless the tree was as thick as a shed there's no way cutting down a single tree and removing the stump _has_ to take an entire 14 days
In 1930 they would have moved the tree while keeping all the branches, leaves and bird & squirrel nests intact. 😂
It was safe because it moved very slowly. The sidewalk entrance was on a wooden platform that moved with it, along with all the utilities in flexible pipes. What was just as impressive was the hundreds of phone cables that were moved at the same time without impacting local phone service.
In 1932, in the space that was vacated they constructed a massive 22 story concrete building that's still being used as a phone switching and data center. I used to work there.
Yes well, the video tells just that
I'm a former second generation telephone man. I cut-over three central office switches. One switch served a city of about 25,000 people plus all the local businesses so probably 25K phone services. FYI for non-telco people it takes two dedicated wires for every service. About 50,000 individual wires re-routed. Big, big job but it's not completely uncommon. When the switches (the heart of central offices) went from analog to digital every single hard line everywhere had to be physically moved in some manner without disrupting service.
They kept those people at work during the depression.
Impressive
I just heard about this and had to look it up. I still can't believe it! Those folks must have really known what they were doing even though it had never been done before to that extent.
They weren't distracted by apps and celebrities. I'd say those folks knew what they were doing way better than the people of today...
Me 2
Amazing --- The exchange was translated from the real axis to the complex axis with this 90 degree move! 600 people working inside a functional exchange while moving 15 inches per hour-- the definition of excellent planning and execution.
Wow. Now that was impressive!
Thanks for documenting all this history and taking the photos so all my questions can be answered.
Why they moved the building but ?
During those days architects thought like engineers. Now they're reduced to rendering 3d models.
so tru
@@chinnimanikrishna9823 Nowadays young architects have nothing to say and are clueless about those kind of construction methods. All they know now is make 3d models and render. They don't even know how to detail and quantify. They also write like doctors now. Lol
Ok boomer
@@JoseRamirez-xv1id Glamorized CAD Operators! LOL
This is not true at all lol
So how’d they lift the foundation? Or they lifted the building “from the foundation?” No bricks & mortar cracked?
that's what I can't grasp!
Makes the quarter-mile move of the Hatteras Lighthouse look likes child's play.
Respect from Poland! Amazing!
They prevented demolition by moving it just to demolish and replace it years later?!? Great job 👌🏽👍🏽
They got like an extra 30 years out of it by moving it. No idea how your math says that wasn't a good value.
Why they moved building but?
Incredible ! What a genius
Impressive engineering feat for the time! Thanks for sharing 👍
Imagine all that work just to find out they demolished the building lol
well, the building kept working for 33 more years
@@setogenico that is not a good age for a building. In germany it would be forbidden to demolish it.
@@silent_shadow6157 wow really?? At what age can a building be torn down? Or does there have to be a reason - like falling into disrepair or safety?
@@silent_shadow6157 Most of your buildings a new. We bombed the shit out of you! LOL!!
In 1929 they planned to "demolish the aging 1906 structure"... HA! I would never expect that a 23-year-old building would be deemed "aging!" But then again, in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge's projected lifespan was only considered to be about 75 years, yet here we are 66 years after that and it's still standing!
Absolutely astonishing.
That’s amazing! Great video!
OSHA would never permit the building to remain in use during a move today.
2:49 look at that beautiful mustang
The ultimate "we don't throw anything away" moment
Found this while researching Jorge Matute who engineered the same type of project in the 1950's!!
Crazy they still ended up demolishing it anyway after all that time and money
30 years of "non stop" work is a lot for a company :)
this is actually the lifetime of one or two generations of employers.
Fantastic insight, thank you!
One tiny problem: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was the blonde boy on the photo, he was the youngest among his siblings:)
Office Buildings will soon go the way of the phone booth. Everyone working from home with a cell phone
I build transmissions at home from Facebook ads.. that should be validation of your statement alone.
wrong...
Can anyone explain why the transcript is a mixture of random Russian and English?
Wow! Great story. Thanks.
This is literally amazing
Why they moved building? I don't understand
Fascinating!
Actual Fact Bot Gang who actually checks the source
How about the foundation?
Don't think it matters but I'd assume they poured a new one right under it after relocating.... But who knows, these architects were only smart enough to move the building, they probably just forgot they might need foundation support?
One ringy dingy....haw haw...is this the party to whom I'm speaking?
In 2000years ppl be like "omg aliens moved this building"
ayo wadup actual fact bot fans
How was the foundation moved?
That’s what I want to know too.
You don’t move foundations.
Why hasn’t this been tried again?
It has. They just moved an entire Victorian house across San Francisco a month ago. Also pretty awesome to watch.
They also raised good chunks of Chicago ~7’
Because that building no longer exists.
But the movement of entire buildings is not uncommon.
Not enough white men these days. all the intellectual positions have been replaced by third world stand in to fill diversity quotas.
@@alextwin8748 aww you are far from being the uber man u think u are :(
Impressive but insane. Just keep things as they are.
And here in TX loosing power because of a winter storm in 2021
*losing. Losing is still spelled with one 'O'. Same with, lost, lose, loss, losses, loses, losing, and...LOSER!
Impressive feat.
Anything thing is possible with ingenuity it seems
i think that was clearly due to the intelligence of white men. No other race would come up with this or pull it off.
@@alextwin8748 For thousands of years people of color have been building and moving very large objects. Most of what white men know comes from them. You are letting your ignorance show.
@@aprilmanning4188 really what happened then if they were so advanced how did they lose all the knowledge ? why are their countries lacking basic infrastructure? if they were so advanced how does one get conquered?
I don't think I wouldn't have helmet my job. Too much risk of that building just you know, falling. 🙈 OSHA was not a thing yet.
Back when America was great
@@alextwin8748 Honestly.. that never crossed my mind.
I am not white myself. I am a latino.
But, I never went around complaining about how oppressed I supposedly am, and how everybody owes me something.
And, what if America had less diversity during its golden age? It is more racist to say or imply that whiteness is bad or that lack of ethnical diversity is a negative thing.
The most racist people are the ones that cry out "racism" all the time.
Nobody owes you anything. Just work hard and get ahead in life. Period.
It was mainly a labor expense. Labor was cheap then. Would not be practical today, even with non-union workers.
Yes! The way we used to solve problems: Throw more guys at it!
That is crazy
Only to demolish it years later?
And then it was demolished 😅 really shows you how stupid humans are and how self destructive to our own heritage we can be...
It was used for another 30 plus years. It outlived its usefulness. Happens.
Thats cool but sad it was demolished in the 60s.
I wholeheartedly concur with you.
I HAD A DREAM ABOUT BUILDING MOVING THEIR SELF DOWN THE STREET ONE BY ONE THEY PARK BY EACH OTHER THIS I SEE THIS
I have coins smashed by that move
That's insane
"Vonnegaht"
"Slowterhouse Five"
Well presented, obscure piece of history and can't pronounce the famous architect & author's name correctly??? The the emphasis on "SL" in Slaughterhouse Five. This narrator is .....
Hallo andere Klengan gucker ✌️
hey afb bois
All that hassle to demolish it 4 years later
The building was moved in 1927 and demolished in 1963. There is something wrong with your math.
@@shawnmeyer2788 the second building got demolished in 63
Ancient Egyptians: 🥱
BS. Joe Rogan told me that only alien technology could do something like this.
Wow they really valued money over safety lol
What an ignorant statement.
@@michaelmaier7262 What an ignorant statement.
A bunch of snobs this outfit is
GTFOH😮😮 Wow!
I don't believe this
Joe rogan sent me
So it was a short trip?
Must have been a Jew behind the whole procedure. 😊
nope
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomirski_Palace,_Warsaw