Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
September 25, 2009 After three months of construction, a train station in the central part of Washington State was officially opened. Icicle Station is located just one mile (1.6 kilometers) northeast of the downtown area of the city of Leavenworth. This station is served by the Amtrak-operated Empire Builder, a daily long-distance passenger train that... Continue Reading →
An ocean liner built by Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico (Italian for “United Shipbuilders of the Adriatic”) for the shipping company Lloyd Triestino was launched in northeastern Italy’s comune (municipality) of Monfalcone, which is located along the Gulf of Trieste. (That gulf is the northernmost region of the Adriatic Sea.) The ocean liner was named after Guglielmo... Continue Reading →
In the years since it became one of the original routes of the U.S. Numbered Highway System, U.S. Route 66 (US 66) has left an enduring and unrivaled cultural imprint. Journalist and historian Michael Wallis (born in 1945) summarized this legacy in his 1990 best-selling book Route 66: The Mother Road. “Route 66,” Wallis noted... Continue Reading →
Lieutenant Commander Marilyn Melendez Dykman of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) was the first Hispanic American woman to become an aviator in that uniformed service. She received her wings of gold for this airborne promotion on May 24, 1991. Dykman’s trailblazing achievement has helped pave the way in the years since for similar opportunities for... Continue Reading →
September 21, 1990 In the Belgian city and municipality of Antwerp, a newly built underground station first went into operation. Van Eeden station is in Antwerp’s suburb of Linkeroever on the left bank of the river Scheldt. (“Linkeroever” is the Dutch phrase for “left bank.”) The station is part of the Antwerp premetro, which encompasses... Continue Reading →
September 18, 2020 A bus terminal in Patliputra (also officially known as Patna), the capital and largest city of eastern India’s state Bihar, made its public debut. This type of building is classified as an Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), a facility that provides bus services to destinations both within the state where it is located... Continue Reading →
September 17, 2001 In northeastern England’s ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists in the city and metropolitan borough of Newscastle upon Tyne (more simply known as Newcastle) was opened to the public. This bridge, crossing the River Tyne, serves as a link between the major arts and cultural center... Continue Reading →
On June 18, 1925, the sixth of the regional meetings of the Joint Board on Interstate Highways was held in Boston for the New England states. The specific location for this gathering was the boardroom of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in the Massachusetts State House. This building, which was constructed during the 1790s,... Continue Reading →
Rafael Celestino Benítez was born on March 9, 1917, in the town of Juncos in east-central part of Puerto Rico. After completing his studies at both George Washington High School and the Army Navy Preparatory School in New York City, Benítez was admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy. He graduated from this institution in 1939... Continue Reading →
September 14, 2009 Fair Park station became one of the four original stops of the Green Line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), an agency serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex of Texas, to be opened to the public. Fair Park station is in the South Dallas neighborhood of the Lone Star State city famously... Continue Reading →
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