In the wake of the 2007 New York City steam explosion Ascher was quoted by several media outlets on the history and nature of utility steam use . " We are an older city with infrastructure that was sophisticated in its time , " she told the New York Sun . " In any one of those systems , there is older pipe and newer pipe . " Asher is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University 's Graduate School of Architecture , Planning , and Preservation
2007 New York City steam explosion
2007 New York City steam explosion
Kate Ascher