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The Industrial Historian

Stairway to Accessibility: the History and Symbolism of Stairs

I really should have done all my touristing to Italy 20 years ago. In the past couple of years alone, various popular Italian cities have…

Oct 4, 2019

Stairway to Accessibility: the History and Symbolism of Stairs

Oct 4, 2019

The Industrial Historian

A Song of Glass and Fire: Glass Architecture and Losing My Religion

A look into the impact of glass art in religious structures, and how “functional” glass has signaled the end of glass as an art material.

Jul 31, 2019

A Song of Glass and Fire: Glass Architecture and Losing My Religion

Jul 31, 2019

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There’s Rust in the Golden Horseshoe: On the Mystique of Decay in the Not-so-small Ontario Town

There are arguably only three famous Hamiltons in history, taking into account that the average person has a very high bar for things that…

Jul 12, 2019

There’s Rust in the Golden Horseshoe: On the Mystique of Decay in the Not-so-small Ontario Town

Jul 12, 2019

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Jeff Koons’ Rabbit: An Homage to Steel and Metalworking or Vacuous “High-Art”?

Today, I read about how the eclectic Jeff Koons sculpture, the banally-titled and conceived Rabbit, sold for USD 91 million at Christie’s…

Jun 19, 2019

Jeff Koons’ Rabbit: An Homage to Steel and Metalworking or Vacuous “High-Art”?

Jun 19, 2019

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Industry Rises from Adversity: the Story of Steel

The historical origins of structural steel show us how disaster is sometimes a necessary precursor to progress

May 29, 2019

Industry Rises from Adversity: the Story of Steel

May 29, 2019

The Industrial Historian

The Industrial Historian

History teacher from Hamilton, ON, who writes about the history of manufacturing and industry here because my students won’t listen.

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