I would be interested in discussing the grant-writing opportunity with you. Please respond to my inquiry through my e-mail. I have been writing grants for over 15 years and have an interest in Urban Planning (Master’s degree).

i make sure that the line drawings i post cant directly be used to create the items they portray w/o the thief having to do a ton of their own figuring. And i also make sure that all my work is saved step by step as new files. i have about a dozen different revisions of the mez obelisks on my computer, there’s 3 or 4 clock faces, i even still have the “fill in the blank” print out i did for the entry / exit lobby lights.

if Joe Blow from East Yohunga wants to try to rip off some of my work (BCT stuff or otherwise) I could nail him to the wall in court. I know what this work is worth, and while i often do it for free, thats my choice.

Which is why if Cafe Deco wants a wider variety of art deco light fixtures for their next restaurant, and they like the other options that were scattered thoughout BCT , i would greatly prefer the idea of us building the lights for them.

But i guess that depends on aalot of different factors, and im putting the “idea cart” in front of the horse

the rules: Mo warpage. Must measure out square (overall and individual sides). All butt welded pieces are to be flush to each other. No killing it w/ a grinder.

http://benjaminelectric.com/

It looks like they are more heavy duty electrical than art fabrication, though they may have contracted out the fixtures’ fabrication and just did the wiring, so they may be worth contacting to see if they have anything in their records.

I didn’t wanna be the one to say it but Nick did a good job of saying it. These lights were built by professional tradesman who were highly skilled in there craft. Not something you leave up to a bunch of kids/teens who can barely handle a MIG welder. I consider myself a fairly good craftsman but even this would be out of my reach by a long shot.

Do we know anything about the original fabrication shop/company that built these lights? I know the lights that hung under the concourse over Curtiss St. were manufactured by the Benjamin Light Co. I believe they may still be around.

Self compounding errors are a serious risk on these lamps. The bases alone need multiple alignment jigs to do all the forming cutting and welding. This is the kind of job that needs a dedicated crew start to finish, multiple pages of blueprints, and MANY MANY notes taken along the way.

If i could get a dedicated steel shop set up @ the terminal for fabbing this stuff, it would have to have a lock on the door so that it wasnt a “public” area of ANY sort. to much layout and order involved for it to be open access to whoever wants to looky loo.

This is why if i had to choose, id start with the chandeliers first. They hang 55 feet up in the air, far enough away that minor mistakes wont be easy to see

all my prints for the central terminal lights are done out to 5 decimal places on length and 2 decimal places on angles.

BEAT THAT CHINA !!!!