Watsonville Blueprint

05/24/2023

11/13/2022

Before modern glass the wavy glass in your windows was “cylinder” glass like in this 1918 picture.

The glass was blown out thru machines into these cylinders and then the cylinders would be laid down on a table, scored on one side and heated again so they would slowly lay down flat into a sheet of glass that could be cut into the pieces we have in our historic windows.

For me, knowing the story behind the things that surround us every day makes those things that much more interesting.

03/24/2021

From unvented traps to inadequate drain slopes, the author picks his top 10 in the world of plumbing done badly in this illustrated guide. It's a h...

02/21/2021

These plastic resin sleeves encase a buried portion of a post or pole to protect the wood from decay. Check out these wood post sleeves, here.

02/14/2021

In the next 90 days the National 9 Motel at 1 Western Drive will be demolished to make way for a four-story, 80-room Hilton Home2 Suites, according to Kamalesh Patel, of Hospitality AARAV, LLC.

12/05/2020

09/22/2020

09/22/2020

Builder confidence in the market for single-family homes rose in September to the highest reading in the NAHB/Wells Fargo index's 35-year history.

06/27/2020

Eichler consulted with members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, officials at the Federal Housing Administration, Housing and Home Finance Agency, and Housing and Urban Development about how to craft and promote anti-discrimination laws. This 1962 home designed by A. Quincy Jones & Frederick...

07/09/2019

06/12/2019

SLEEPING pods in Newport have helped taken six homeless people off the streets in the last three months.