The Omega Diner & Café in North Brunswick is far more than a place to grab a quick meal—it is a longtime community favorite conveniently located on Route 1. Independently owned rather than part of a chain or franchise, Omega has the comfortable, welcoming feel of a classic neighborhood diner while offering the kind of […]
Drivers following U.S. Route 1 just south of Richmond pass within steps of a place where one of America’s earliest industrial experiments began more than 400 years ago. At Falling Creek Ironworks Park in Chesterfield County, the Virginia Company of London established an iron furnace and smelting operation in 1619. The site became the first […]
Growing up in Jacksonville, Florida back in the early sixties, I used to walk a couple miles down Beach Boulevard to play Putt-Putt golf almost every day when school was out. It was an inexpensive way for teens to spend their summertime, along with drive-in movies in the Florida heat. I was there so often, they […]
Heading south on Route 1 on the way to Key West, we had to stop by Mrs. Macs Kitchen in Key Largo. This local gem is where the charm of the Florida Keys perseveres, where time slows down and the essence of a coastal community shines. It was established fifty years ago by Jeff Macfarland […]
Key West marked Labor Day weekend with “Just a Few Friends”, a 5 day island wide celebration of Jimmy Buffett’s music, friendships and enduring connection to the place that shaped much of his sound. What began as an impromptu local remembrance after Buffett’s death on September 1st 2023 has grown into an annual gathering that […]
Thousands of drivers travel U.S. Route 1 south of Richmond without realizing that a piece of early American road history is sitting practically beside them. The Bridge at Falling Creek, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, dates to 1828. Built more than a century before the modern highway system, the small stone bridge once carried travelers along […]
The Dedham Community Theatre opened in Dedham Square in November 1927. The two-story Colonial Revival building at 580 High Street was designed by architect Harold R. Duffie and contained the theater along with stores and offices. An early advertisement promoted a single-floor auditorium with seating for 1,100 people, an unusually large neighborhood theater for a […]
Community Theatre opened in 1929 at 20 South Washington Street. Designed by architects J. Frederick Krokyn and W. Chester Browne, the theater cost roughly $300,000 to build. Its auditorium seated close to 1,500 people, making it one of the largest gathering places in town. There was no balcony. Instead, the seats rose along a sloped […]
The Norwood Theatre at 109 Central Street opened on August 31, 1927. It was built by the Premier Theatre Company and designed by Norwood architect William G. Upham, who was also responsible for several other prominent buildings in town. Upham designed the theater in a Spanish Romanesque style to fit with the new civic buildings […]
Sitting right in the center of downtown Providence, is the ever imposing and hard to miss Rhode Island State House. Rhode Island’s current Capitol is actually its 7th iteration. The building was designed by New York architects McKim, Mead & White, in 1891. The structure finished its construction in 1901. The State House was built […]
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