When was the first dime made? When was last silver quarter made in the US? When did Canada stop making silver quarters? When did the US stop making silver coins? When were the first Lakota coins minted? When was paper money first invented? When was the vending machine invented? When was...
Back in 2011, Borders—a book and music megastore—had to close its 400 stores around the country when the company was liquidated. Unfortunately, much of Borders' stock was CDs and DVDs, at the critical tipping point wheneveryone was starting to go digital. Borders also failed to develop an...
Walter Camp was a college athlete at Yale University, and while he was pursuing his undergraduate and graduate degrees, he played halfback on Yale's football team beginning in 1880. As a member of the Intercollegiate Football Association, Camp would propose the basis of the rules still used ...
Yes, their rent is sky high, but I remember my parents blanching at what I paid in rent when I moved to the Big Apple. The Millennials are too connected to social media and the Internet, the criticism goes on. Hey folks–It was accessible to them, growing up. What did we expect?
The papers were a law suit against me for something I had written years ago. The plaintiff was a large corporation. That meant they had deep pockets – much deeper than my pockets. I was scared. So I called my lawyer. He wasn’t very reassuring. ...
the Eastern Seaboard. But mostly what New Yorkers remember is how it all came crashing down when Eddie Antar, the founder,was discovered to be skimming moneyand manipulating the stock market. He fled the country to Israel and was later extradited to the U.S., where he served seven years ...
Two years ago, University Tower was inspected and found to be unsafe. In spite of efforts to restore it, it was necessary to level the building. A bell tower was constructed on the same site, built for the most part using the good brick that was saved from the original building. The ...
It was starting to get dark and Bobby turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught the setting sun’s rays reflecting off something along the roadside. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime. Never before has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby fel
The Flea. This little experimental theater nearly went out of business in the wake of 9/11, when Tribeca became a ruined, gray-dusted alien landscape. The Flea was only saved through a mixture of innovative fundraising and striking gold with a hit play calledThe Guys, a two-hander a...
” because that question, I found, really sparked people to suddenly take a step back and really think about what’s the most important thing. The other question I asked was, “If you could change just one thing-I’m going to give you the ability to change any one thing about the ...