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...ship (“I have no idea what that’s about,” Biggers says). On the other, a piece of brown wrapping paper lists some of Biggers’ current projects: a multi-venue installation in Philadelphia that will trace locations from the Underground Railroad, a sculpture and floor design for a new high school in the Bronx, a series of dance vignettes based on a performance Biggers presented to the Dalai Lama.It’s no surprise that Biggers has been called a sculptor, a performance artist, a video artist, and an installation...
...staff photographer for the now defunct Jacksonville Journal, Morabito, then a 27-year veteran of the paper, was driving back to the newsroom in July 1967 after covering a railroad strike when he passed a group of utility workers by the side of the road, shouting about an unconscious, electrocuted co-worker dangling from a pole...
...Fervent protest quickly flared up in response. A 1921 editorial in The New York Times read that “a memorial to men of different sects shouldn’t be religious” and a 1931 editorial in The Crimson eloquently concluded, “To railroad through the University a War Memorial Chapel that does not express the ideals of all Harvard men is to confine its significance to brick and steel.” Despite these objections, Lowell’s church was completed, with alumni funding...
...replace that sort of old craft,” Walo said. In the 19th century, when the houses were constructed, Massachusetts Avenue was the most prestigious street in Cambridge, said Charles M. Sullivan, the executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Merchants, who traveled through the Porter Square railroad station, contributed to the wealth of the area. At one point, 69 wood-front mansions lined the avenue, Sullivan said. But the area began to become more commercial in the early 1900s as the city’s population grew. According to Sullivan, there were no apartments or stores on Massachusetts...
Whistle-Blowing. The nation's first transcontinental railroad was completed May 10, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, where the "golden spike" was pounded into the final tie, finally connecting 1,776 miles of rail. In honor of this august event, Amtrak is celebrating National Train Day, offering Amtrak Guest Rewards members the ability to earn double points for their first four trips taken through May 8, triple points after their fifth trip, and quadruple points for any trip taken on May 9. If you travel Saturday, May 9 through Amtrak's Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago or Los Angeles station...