25 – Alonso, Head Stonemason

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Joe Alonso, Head Stonemason at Washington National Cathedral, discusses repairing the cathedral after the 2011 earthquake in DC, along with a variety of construction topics including structure settlement, mortar application, limestone qualities, and a special visit from the architects of Notre-Dame de Paris.

SEE: Washington National Cathedral (WNC)

SEE: WNC Slides—Tour & Earthquake

SEE: WNC—Art & Architecture Virtual Tours

SEE: 2011 Virginia earthquake

SEE: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

SEE: George Frederick Bodley (architect 1906–1907)

SEE: Henry Vaughan (architect 1907–1917)

SEE: Philip H. Frohman (architect 1921–1972)

SEE: Notre-Dame Architects US Tour—Philippe Villeneuve & Rémi Fromont

SEE: Tuckpointing

SEE: Portland cement

SEE: Indiana Limestone

SEE: Empire Quarry

SEE: Cathedral of St. John the Divine

SEE: The International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers