GALLERY OF WOOD SOURCES & THEIR HISTORY
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PORT IVORY:
STATEN ISLAND, NY

	This building was unusually clean when Longleaf Lumber first visited it with an environmental consultant. Once the manufacturing home of Proctor and Gamble's Ivory Soap division, the entire structure effervesced hygiene.
Port Ivory was built in the 1930s on Staten Island not far from the Goethal's Bridge to New Jersey. Proctor and Gamble has moved their operation to Mexico, and the old industrial site, which is huge, has been purchased by the Port Authority of New York, New Jersey for use as expansion of their container port.
	The building was framed with steel, and Heart Pine beams were installed between the beams to carry the floor loads. Most of the timbers are 12" x 15" so we're yielding very wide boards (up to 14") which have tremendous character.