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Becky Fifield
Jan 3, 20163 min read
Railroad Dreams: Danbury Railway Museum
If you mourn the destruction of the late, great Pennsylvania Station in NYC, you’ll find this glass heralding the coming of the new...
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Becky Fifield
Jan 2, 20161 min read
Snapshots from New Orleans
Aiji is a taxi driver. He is also the founder of the first burrito bar in Rwanda and a vegan chef. For right now, it’s the taxi while...
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Becky Fifield
Dec 31, 20152 min read
An Unfortunate Title for a “Great” Article on Penn Station
David W. Dunlap writes the rather fun Building Blocks column for The New York Times. On December 30, 2015, his contribution was titled...
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Becky Fifield
Nov 5, 20152 min read
Thomas Bewick, Newcastle Wood Engraver (1753-1828)
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Cherryburn, Northumberland, National Trust. NT 530359. In digging through the British...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 16, 20143 min read
The Zoo, the Park, and a Baltimore Befuddlement
I’m not an expert on Baltimore, by any means. I’ve never lived there. I was born in Towson and grew up in Carroll County. But Baltimore...
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Becky Fifield
Jan 22, 20142 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Redux
Better known as the PATH, the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad began shuttling passengers through its cast iron tunnels between Manhattan...
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Becky Fifield
Nov 7, 20131 min read
Bye Bye Schrafft’s: Losing More Unique Buildings on the UES
Schrafft’s at 155 E. 79th Street as it appeared in 1944. A “Rat Poison” sign appeared on the front door of 155 East 79th street....
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Becky Fifield
Oct 30, 20131 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: Montresor
Could the US have a program of “The Most Beautiful Villages” as France does? Dr. V and I, and friends Jeremy W. of Le Cafe Witteveen and...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 28, 20131 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday – Taormina
A few photos from a trip to Taormina, Sicily. It was early March and nearly desolate of tourists: perfect. Vegetation on the way to the...
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Becky Fifield
Jul 31, 20131 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday – The Charcoal Pit
One benefit of being at Winterthur this month is my proximity to The Charcoal Pit on Route 202. This commercial stretch is somewhat at...
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Becky Fifield
Jun 12, 20132 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday – Indianapolis, and a little about Philadelphia
Thumbs up: Indianapolis. Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station on a Saturday night, the usual bustle gone. The World War I memorial. RL...
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Becky Fifield
Jun 11, 20131 min read
Transportation Tuesday: Sad state of affairs for train transport in Indianapolis
I was really impressed with downtown Indianapolis. Ambitious restaurants. People on the streets. Bike Lanes. A canal walk trimmed with...
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Becky Fifield
May 30, 20132 min read
What I’ve Been Reading: Buying Into A World of Goods by Ann Smart Martin
Read this great book on 18th century commerce in the backwoods of Virginia. Ann Smart Martin’s Buying into the World of Goods: Early...
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Becky Fifield
May 29, 20132 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: 24 Rather Staid Hours in Baltimore
A conference, a presentation, a cancelled train, and dinner at the Red Star in Fells Point. All in 24 hours. The annual meeting of the...
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Becky Fifield
May 8, 20131 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: Tucson
The end of March found my mom and I in southern Arizona. My great uncle Mr. B has a cattle ranch outside of Tucson, where he set up...
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Becky Fifield
Apr 1, 20134 min read
Museum Monday: Maryland State Archives in 2013
The stepped structure of the Maryland State Archives on Rowe Blvd, Annapolis. For a building built in 1984, I think the Maryland State...
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Becky Fifield
Mar 13, 20132 min read
Post Offices for Sale
What is Westminster, Maryland’s claim to fame? Westminster, Maryland’s RFD Historical Marker. Besides being my childhood hometown, it was...
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Becky Fifield
Feb 27, 20132 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: Sewing in Sheffield
Stitchers inside Dewey Memorial Hall, Sheffield, Massachusetts. Sheffield resident Lisa R. and I met through Revolutionary War...
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Becky Fifield
Feb 26, 20132 min read
Transportation Tuesday: Move Madison Square Garden NOW
Commuters rush through the LIRR entrance corridor past artwork that evokes the original and only Pennsylvania Station. Andrew Leicester....
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