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The original source is at http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/structural-integrity/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/structural-integrity/
by gkop 13y ago
The original source is at http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/structural-integrity/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/structural-integrity/
- tcas 13y agoAnother good source is: http://www.damninteresting.com/a-potentially-disastrous-design-error/ http://www.damninteresting.com/a-potentially-disastrous-desi... Apparently it costed $8 million to repair.
- matthewmcg 13y agoJoe Morgenstern's 1995 _New Yorker_ article "The Fifty-Nine Story Crisis" is also an excellent telling of this story. http://people.duke.edu/~hpgavin/cee421/citicorp1.htm http://people.duke.edu/~hpgavin/cee421/citicorp1.htm
- lexcorvus 13y agoUse asterisks for emphasis, like this: New Yorker