BRITISH COMMONIf someone or something is givena new lease of lifeora new lease on life, something makes them successful once again or improves their condition.The old oak table was another bargain, picked up for just £4 and given a new lease of life by Kim's mother.After a career as...
NEW-BUILD DEVELOPMENT AND THE GENTRIFICATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY'S DEEP DEUCE NEIGHBORHOOD* ADAM A. PAYNE and ALYSON L. GREINER ABSTRACT. New-build development has become associated with the phase of gentrifica- tion that has taken shape since the mid-1990s. This article examines the gentrification...
We longed for great locomotives; all clacking wheels and hissing steam. Midnight trains from Edinburgh, slow boats across Windermere. Road trips accompanied by bellowing soundtracks and triangular sandwiches. But what is a journey without the "are we nearly there yet" destination, after all?
Author Fred BaileyPosted on November 6, 2024Categories British Columbia and Pacific Northwest, Opinions and Philosophy, PeopleTags elections, moving, packing, unpackingLeave a comment on Tik Toc Tricks And Treats Your funnel’s rusty. Detail of an old steam locomotive in Nearby Duncan. I watched...
As I noted in a previous post (The Last Summer), the race to build the tallest building was erroneously reported by The New Yorker as a man against himself (namely, architect William Van Allen). In the Aug. 31 issue, the magazine’s “Talk of the Town” corrected the error, and ...
WESTSIDE COWBOYS…Clockwise, from top left, a steam locomotive rumbles down 11th Avenue in the 1920s; a West Side Cowboy William Connolly rides ahead of a train to warn pedestrians in 1932; George Hayde led the final ride of the West Side cowboys up 10th Avenue on March 24, 1941; aer...
Beacham is delightful while slightly over-the-top playing a fiendish character. Most known for appearing on television’s ‘Dynasty’ the actress has also made British horror films. I assumed she planned to kill the parents and the girls but what about the aunt?
British rail fan said: ↑ I hope it's rugby to Crewe wcml Trent valley And/or via Birmingham simontreanor81, Oct 8, 2022 #18 simontreanor81 Well-Known Member Joined: Oct 27, 2020 Messages: 850 Likes Received: 1,791 The image posted by Rivet - if it is related to TSW - lo...
The animals pictured below came from a couple of British big game hunters, gathered during expeditions in the 1910s and 1920s… PLEASE HOLD STILL…American Museum of Natural History staff prepare the tiger group diorama in 1931. The display was in the new Asiatic Hall referred to byE.B. Whi...
As I noted in a previous post (The Last Summer), the race to build the tallest building was erroneously reported by The New Yorker as a man against himself (namely, architect William Van Allen). In the Aug. 31 issue, the magazine’s “Talk of the Town” corrected the error, and ...