The arrival of the first big heat wave of the season also marks the sight of wave after wave of ice cream trucks winding their way through the city’s neighborhoods, delivering cones and bars to its overheated citizens. Of course,…
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Some Items About Our City Flag
Here are some items of interest about the City’s flag, which have been compiled in honor of Flag Day. :: The official City Flag has changed design four times since 1861. The original design (1850-1861) was a blue cross from…
Friday Facts: Green, BLT
:: The WUIH-TV Weathersphere atop the Beacon Financial Tower has four colors of neon tubing (soon to be relaced with LED): Red (weather alert), Green (calm), Purple (rain and wind), Blue (ice and snow) :: According to a poll of…
Go There: Your Local Library
Go There is a feature in which our writers tell you about tourist attractions and other places of interest around the city. Wednesdays at 7 pm the Central Branch of the Municipal Public Library System (Johnston and Walker Streets, diagonally…
Links of Interest – May 31
:: Fake Radio Program to Appear on Real Radio Station [Hudson and Gaines] :: Last summer for Coney Island as we know it? [The Morning News] :: Google Maps Street View [Google Maps Mania] :: Boston once again goes crazy…
Batteries on the Tracks (or Lack Thereof)
Last fall, Watson University instructor Susan Jakovac was looking for a new project to use in her Statistical Analysis studio class, but she kept coming up short. Jakovac wanted something with real world application, that would require her students to…
Away
The City Desk will return after the holiday. Have a pleasant weekend.
At Home With… Carla Perry
The City Desk introduces a new feature which gives you a glimpse into the domestic side of our city’s movers and shakers. What happens when they leave the council chambers, newsroom, office, stadium, community center, playhouse, studio, or classroom? What…
Friday Facts: Cognacgerie, cognacgerie, cognacgerie
:: According to a poll of more than 2,000 city residents, the Beatle considered most likely to be a considerate, gentle lover: Ringo :: The Copper Colombard, on 4th Street Lane and Annual Boulevard, claims to be the nation’s only…
Links of Interest- May 17
:: TCD Contributor Craig Gaines has a piece in this week’s LA Weekly about the fires in Griffith Park. :: Thirteenth Ave. Retail Market: 1965 [Shorpy] :: New York in 1960 (1935) [Paleo-Future] :: Gallery of Anti-Sit Technology [via BoingBoing]…