(1) Fall in Love With the World’s First Animated Dinosaur (Atlas Obscura)
(2) Oregon Legislature passes $15 bike tax (Bicycle Retailer)
(3) US State imposes “sin” tax of $15 on new bicycles (BikeBiz)
(4) Penn Station’s service changes and track work, explained (Curbed)
(5) The Blue-State Meltdown and the Collapse of the Chicago Model (American Enterprise Institute)
(6) Government debt: $500,000 per day problem (The Royal Gazette)
(1) Innovations Threaten the Neighborhood Bike Shop (NY Times)
“‘The change in the outside world is profound,’ he said. ‘We haven’t been as affected by the internet as bookstores and record stores, but it is coming.'”
(2) Generation Lost…
(1) I-75/University Parkway Diverging Diamond Interchange Design (YouTube)
(2) Creator of Brompton folding bicycle steps down from company’s board – disgruntled at way business is run (This is Money)
(3) Disney’s secret archive revealed: Hidden sketches of Mickey Mouse and friends are seen for the first time (Daily Mail)
(1) The new cycle revolution: Buzzbike launches free bicycle scheme in London (Wallpaper*)
(2) Real value of the Bermuda dollar (The Royal Gazette)
(3) Assembling Eric: Bringing back the UK’s first robot (BBC)
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
(1a) Nash to debut first-ever PLAYMOBIL NHL playsets (NHL)
(2) My sister found a gorgeous Dunelt this weekend
“I just want it to look like nothing else in the world. And it should be surrounded by a train.” ― Walt Disney
(1) A Feast for the Guilt-Ridden Guest: Exploring complex themes with cunning wit and elaborate metaphors in George Herbert’s ‘Love (III)’ (WSJ)
“But Herbert is most dear to us because his poems suggest an intimacy of discourse between the poet and his creator. Not for Herbert the attitude struck by Donne, who can begin a poem by telling off a heavenly body (“Busy old fool, unruly sun”). The speaker in Herbert’s poems is marked by an unforced humility—he may be the only poet in the body of English poetry who is believable not only when he addresses the divinity but when he transcribes the responses he gets.”
(2) A quote from The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
“I still recall the morning when she entered my office, eyes shining with emotion and an old anthology of John Donne’s poetry in her hand. This was where she discovered that intelligence, this wonderful gift, grows in silence, not in noise. It was here too that she learned that a human mind, a truly human mind, is nurtured over time, with hard work and discipline.”
(3) 14 Ways to Make a Protected Bike Lane [Infographic]
Image courtesy of the Limestone Roof Photo Archives.
(1) Gear Prudence: Are Folding Bikes for Dorks?
Dear FOLD: Folding bikes are like better Transformers—they convert from heaps of machinery into ready-to-go transportation, but don’t further enrich Michael Bay.
Pegoretti was one of the six craftsmen featured in Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle at the Museum of Arts & Design in 2010.
(1) Robin Williams and Dario Pegoretti: The Comedian and the Bike Builder (WSJ)
(1a) A.N.T. Part 1
(2) McDowell + Benedetti’s Footbridge and Rail Station Underway in Terni (ArchDaily)
(3) ‘Like a Singing Matisse’ (WSJ)
“Guy and Geneviève are instantly likable innocents, but although Mr. Demy admitted that he wanted to make people cry when they saw “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” he eschewed the ‘happy ending’ so customary in American musical comedy. Rather, the anguish, the ambiguity and the perplexity of love prevail.”
(1) Sturmey Archer “The Planetary Gearset” (YouTube)
(2) Speed Traps For Japan’s Escalators (WSJ – Registration Required)
(3) Shakespeare as a Life Coach (WSJ)
“The world is grown so bad that wrens make pray where eagles dare not perch.” – William Shakespeare, Richard III
(4) ‘A Spy Among Friends’ (WSJ – Registration Required)
(5) A Ferris Wheel Family Rides Coney Island’s Renewal (WSJ – Registration Required)
(6) In Praise of the Mundane Marigold (WSJ)
“The key to using annuals creatively, said Mr. Stufano—respected for transforming Wave Hill Garden, in the Bronx, from a sad mess into an arresting jewel—is to forget fads. Train yourself to just look at the plant’s essential qualities, its texture, form, height and color, without letting the chicness factor (or the taint of that gas-station island) seep into your brain. He often used ordinary plants like marigolds and thistles in unusual ways at Wave Hill.”
(7) Francis Ford Coppola Talks Travel (WSJ)
(1) ‘Let Us Be Lights of Hope!’ by Pope Francis (Parade)
Credit: Kim L
(2) Yorkshire arts festival to mark Tour de France launch (BBC)
(3) Bike-Share Wobbles On Path to Prosperity (WSJ)
(4) World’s Fair Anniversary Turns Attention to New York State Pavilion (WSJ)
Oh no! Come 4/26! RT @TSqArts: So excited for @QueensMuseum Warhol/WorldsFair opening that we arrived a week early!! pic.twitter.com/GbPeHPuSYZ
— Queens Museum (@QueensMuseum) April 19, 2014
(5) A rainbow over St Pancras: vivid new sculpture unveiled at transport hub (London Evening Standard)
*Scan is from the Official New York World’s Fair Game by MILTON BRADLEY