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Rail Redux – Part 1

…through the sidebar on the left. “… Now a train is often only a whistle heard far off on a sleepless night…the whistle announces a return and change to those who listen.” — John Stilgoe,…

illustration of entrance to a gated community.

America’s Joka-Machi

…Janet Greenstein Potter, Great American Railroad Stations (Wiley, 1996). ↩ John Stilgoe, Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape (University of Virginia Press, 2007). ↩ Edward McMahon, “Public Buildings Should…

Portals to Our National Heritage

Portals to Our National Heritage

…Leisure, Dec. 2012). ↩ Ibid. ↩ Janet Greenstein Potter, Great American Railroad Stations (Wiley, 1996). ↩ John Stilgoe, Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape (University of Virginia Press, 2007)….

two boys using a compass

Teen Geography

…of excerpt Notes: America’s Most Visited Tourist Attractions (Travel & Leisure, Dec. 2012). ↩ Ibid. ↩ Janet Greenstein Potter, Great American Railroad Stations (Wiley, 1996). ↩ John Stilgoe, Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping…

businesswoman climbing a flight of stairs

Take the Stairs … for Health

…and they’ll skip the elevator.” Take a look also at an interesting piece we ran back in 1992 by historian John Stilgoe, “Walking Into Trouble: Planning and Physical Un-Fitness.” Notes: America’s Most Visited Tourist Attractions…