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Phil Kabza
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Username: phil_kabza

Post Number: 497
Registered: 12-2002


Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 02:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Our mailman just walked a parcel down to our door (he's a really nice guy). I could tell by the color what it was - a well known BPM information integrator catalog book. Once again, it went directly into my recycle bin. Nothing in it is not available online - you know, like, on the Internet?
Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED® AP
Senior Member
Username: ecwhitby

Post Number: 133
Registered: 03-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 03:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Ah, memories. In the “old days” I found those catalogues useful as weights for model making. In the early 1970’s once of my brothers and I once used a dozen volumes or so weighting down layer after layer of grey board for a model of a school addition. The model was 4’x8’, and included buildings, athletic fields, and parking lots. Each layer took a while to dry as I recall.

We even showed the rail line that passed adjacent to the school grounds. My brother used pieces of nylon stockings to create nets for the tennis courts and basketball hoops.
Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate
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Username: lynn_javoroski

Post Number: 1376
Registered: 07-2002


Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 04:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Creative! The days of those sorts of models are gone from professional practice, I'm afraid. Now your brother could select from a vast "catalog" of symbols and textures to create those nets.
James M. Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP
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Username: jsandoz

Post Number: 106
Registered: 06-2005


Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 - 09:28 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

G & G Model Shop in Houston (Rice University Village) probably existed originally for model railroad and model airplane enthusiasts but has definitely seen many architects and architecture students from Rice University and the University of Houston pass through its doors since it first opened in 1945.

I also remember well unpacking the new (approximately 16 volume sets at the time) Sweet's Catalogs and trying to fit the previous years volumes into the boxes the new ones came in so we could give them to a local school.

Ah, the memories.
Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP
Senior Member
Username: redseca2

Post Number: 321
Registered: 12-2006


Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:42 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Some years back we re-carpeted our studio areas with new carpet tile.

All of the desk systems were left in place during the work, but we put yellow pages and these print "integrator catalog books" under each leg. The carpet installers would remove the book from beneath one leg at a time to install the carpet tiles.

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