March 6, 2025
The Liberty Theatre, built in 1904 on W. 41st Street, was designed by Herts & Tallant in the Beaux-Arts style for Klaw and Erlanger. Its grand 100-foot-long lobby stretched from W. 42nd Street to the auditorium, giving it a more prestigious address. The Neo-Classical façade featured towering caryatides, a massive arched window with a Liberty […]
March 6, 2025
Construction of the Roxy Theatre began on March 22, 1926, and it opened on March 11, 1927, with the world premiere of The Loves of Sonya starring Gloria Swanson. Designed by architect Walter W. Ahlschlager with interior decoration by Harold W. Rambusch, the theater had 6,214 seats and multi-tiered balconies. Despite its modest entrance at […]
March 5, 2025
Imagine cruising South on Route 1 with a Florida breeze, when suddenly looming on the horizon, you catch a glimpse of a mythical battle frozen in time. This is not your average roadside attraction! Nestled in the heart of Hallandale Beach, next to Gulfstream Park, where the thoroughbreds run, stands a statue so grand – […]
March 3, 2025
Marilyn Monroe’s white dress billowing above a windy subway grate became one of the most legendary images in movie history. Filming “The Seven Year Itch” in 1954, the production shot between Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street in New York City, with a frenzy of publicity surrounding Marilyn’s appearances there. In the screwball comedy directed […]
March 3, 2025
For travelers following U.S. Route 1 through Boston, Massachusetts, history is never far away. The city is filled with sites that played a role in shaping the American Revolution, and among them, one event stands out as a turning point—the Boston Massacre, which took place on March 5, 1770. Though called a “Massacre,” the event […]
March 2, 2025
This is a video montage of my best images of murals, quirky yard displays and sculpture for the last 7 years on US Route 1. It has been inspiring to go back through my files to re-experience all of the ways many generations have made art from Maine to Florida. Maybe it’ll inspire you to […]
February 28, 2025
The boyhood home of Theodore Roosevelt, the first US president to be born in New York City. His “speak softly and carry a big stick” ideology is still quoted today. Raised in a Manhattan townhouse till he was 15, he would grow up to be our 26th president and become immortalized on Mount Rushmore with […]
February 28, 2025
The Cotton Club was a famous New York City nightclub that was open from 1920 to 1940. It was a ‘whites only’ segregated speakeasy during the Prohibition and Jim Crow era where blacks performed for a white audience. Harlem became predominantly black in the 1920s, after a large number of African-Americans moved there during the […]
February 27, 2025
Key West saw its wettest February day in 13 years on Monday, February 24, 2025, as an area of low pressure delivered a deluge of rain, which caused urban flooding. Significant street flooding in Key West happened after 6 – 8″ fell across parts of the city, greatest rainfall officially for them since at least […]
February 27, 2025
For travelers journeying along U.S. Route 1, few stops offer a deeper connection to American literary history than Portland, Maine, the birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Born on February 27, 1807, Longfellow remains one of the most celebrated poets in American history, known for works such as Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and […]
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