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Shitty-kitty • today at 11:41 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

A old brick-wall building is basically a pretty shell protecting a wood frame.


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pvab3 • today at 12:30 PM

Not usually for anything over a few stories. Most of those taller buildings are a combination of masonry and steel. Steel started being used in the 1880s/1890s.