Author Archives: brianallen

HABS/HAER documentation projects still need to be photographed with large format film, but the National Park Service has made a step towards digital methods. (The formal name of this method of  documentation is Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic … Read More

The Library of Congress has included my photo documentation of Boeing Plant 2 in the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER).  The photography is located under “HAER WA 189”. This huge building, which was between Boeing Field and the Duwamish River, … Read More

Here are two photos of the same building, the old Federal Reserve Bank in Seattle, taken from almost the same place.  The top photo, by Greg Gilbert of the Seattle Times, was taken from a point a little bit closer … Read More