Chaotic Gotham and the rise of a grand park vision
Dozens of years ago New York began shaping a vast park as executives imagined forested grounds amid Thirtieth Street to Tenth Street. Years later the city grew dense with electric light wires and trenching, while politicians and corporations wrestled control, threatening public health and street life with endless disruption.
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Thirtieth Street
New York
Third Street
Entenchabin
Janae
Shep Yerkah
New York City
Suaiigous
Central Park
Corporation
Opv
Tilden
Baron J. Tilden
Great Consolidated Gas Company
Timate
Alwowt
Tammany
Ancient Earthquakes and Mongrel Shelters Across Cultures
The article surveys quake effects and ancient shelter designs, noting Milne’s analysis of temple and castle stability, Japanese and Western responses to natural disasters, and safety features seen in a variety of dwellings. It references buildings with pyramidal forms, moats, and multiple joints in roofs as factors in quake resilience, and contrasts them with tornado defenses and underground refuge ideas. The piece also touches on historical banking security, slang origins, Spartan walls, and social reform efforts targeting imprisoned women, weaving diverse curiosities from era publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Hae
Profemor Milne
Scientific Drops and New Telephony Claims in Chicago
A garbled report from Chicago suggests a central Serban treme and a claim that whispers travel up to 00 miles via a new telephone linked to the Bell company. It also mentions a biology note about gastric glands in the stomach, and hints at a new mail header for core use.
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Chicago
Bell Company
Scien Ite Amore
Holy Week in Seville Showcased by Crowded Processions
A vivid outsider account describes Seville during Holy Week with Palm Sunday rites, crowds filling plazas and cathedrals, and elaborate processions. It notes victims of ritual displays, beggars in new clothes, the archbishop's public breakfast with the poor, Nazarenes and penitents, Roman soldiers, and street spectacles alongside the bullring.
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Teruret
Sra
Doss
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Detroit
Herbert Island
Scribner's Magazine
England
Ballian
London
Manchester Guardian
Hotem Briel
Plutarch
Lycurgus
Epirus
Parte
Sparta
Lycurgon
Charleston News and Courier
Laurent
Pittaburg Bulletin
Seville
Apa
Plaza de la Constitucion
Inquisition
Honda
Goieneery
Panaeooh
Louis Malantini
Withem
Ssfehl
Coffen
Sivas
Peariah
Puarrreen Asp
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Peel
Kastan
Flemin
Raaton
Mawel
Bigoch
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Smundaye
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Tatwanom
Ahan UR Gs
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Olhauses
Williams’ Pharmacy
West Prodt Street
Grove Street
MorZhirr
Tier's Ice Cream Parlor
Park Avenue
Plainfield, N. 3
CigerAtore
Plainsick
Cfo
Cearetios
Soki
Saagete
Woolston & Buckle
Debri
Degarvare
Matthew Toes Sane
Ana
Barton Watla
Trenon and
Philadelptle
Suman Marta
Ries
MA A. W. Met
William J. Stephenson
North Avenue
Plainfield
O. M. Dunferm's
West Front Street
Boice, Runyon & Co
D. J. Boice
Mason's Materials, &c
Bo Park Avenue
Sega
Peper
Hevinge
C. A
American Steam Laundry
East Front
Sthart
H. W. Marshall
A. M. Seguine
J. Frank Mundy
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Tm Drosaway
Bena
J.T. Vail
Real Estate and Insurance No
South Avenue
M. Dunram
Agency
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IMO Ey Z. Weneren, Ont
Marsh, Ayers & GO
Ening
Ratimaton
eTumer
Coal & Wood
E. H. Holmes
Lehigh Coal
Madbos Avenue
Teone
Fle
John Johnston
M. J. Coyne
East Fourth
Dickinson
Practical
Park Avenur
Plainfield, N. J
John W. Murray
William Wite
Nathan Harter
Elias B. Pub
Mulford
Plaintieid
New Jersey
Leal
John Seal
Viane
Jonn KE. Beerbower
City Hotel
Park Ave
Becond ST
Permanent Cues Stables
Mara Wooa
Monthagen
Turning
Legell Fant
Peat
Sean
Phaiine Sorom
Mason’s
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Downan
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