A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. Remember Charlie the Tuna, the seemingly suicidal spokes-fish for canned fish titan Starkist? Of course you do, who could forget his apparently misguided…
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Friday Facts: Eggs, Monodirevr, Stripper Parkas
:: This Saturday is the 34th annual Last Year’s Easter Egg Hunt at Whittinger’s Park. The Greek Gardening Consortium insists that they hid more than 12 eggs and that if the rest aren’t found there will be no 35th annual…
What a Character!: The Spaghetti Giant
A recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. What stands twenty-five feet tall, wears a toga with a garland of grape leaves and was a fixture of the city’s “Restaurant Row 
Friday Facts: Slaughterhouse, Partridge, Megatron
:: On Monday, Chief Health Commissioner Rudolph “Guy†Fenimore sent a press release reminding hungry citizens that the city’s three-year long ban on open air barbecue restaurants ends this Saturday. Blowout celebrations are currently planned at Roy’s BBQ, Captain Jack’s…
What a Character!: Sour Grapes Magee
A new recurring series in which we take a look back at the city’s most familiar advertising icons. “Aw … PHOOEY!†The Silent Life of Sour Grapes Magee Long-time residents of the city may recall that the dour-faced figure painted…
The Mile-High Marathon
It started as a fraternity stunt, but running enthusiasts the world over now look forward to it almost as much as the Boston and New York Marathons. It’s the Mile-High Marathon, a uniquely urban race, and it happens right here…
Friday Facts: Max, Stca Fyadirf, Yzumitelno!
:: Greatest decennial population increase (1950 – 1960)- 201,610 :: Actor James Robard once described the City as “The place where my heart has a home.” He had previously said the same of New Orleans, Louisiana and Tucson, Arizona. ::…
Friday Facts: Ring-O-Ding-A’s, Sauerkraut, Mini-Marshmallows
:: Number of years between the founding of the city and its incorporation- 19 :: This Sunday marks thirty years since the closing of the Hearth’s Delight Confectionaries factory, here in the heart of the city. Here are some of…
Friday Facts: Meanwhile, at the Pioneer Square Strip Mall
:: Sister city featured on municipal signage on December 6, 1941- Mihara City, Japan :: Sister city featured on municipal signage as of December 9, 1941- Newcastle, England :: Hanna-Barbera animator Clark E. Pantuso reportedly modeled the design for the…
The City’s Most-Storied Piece of Property
Folks often wonder whatever became of Wet-Foot Field, the stamping ground of the city’s first Ethnic-League baseball team, the Blue Stockings. Well, appropriately enough, it was excavated, lined with concrete and turned into the world-famous Swimporium public indoor swimming pools…