Envisioning The Future
Apparently we have not made a lot of progress…. The late 19th Century was one very much like our own in many ways. It was an era which saw an explosion of new technologies that were rapidly changing the...
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A bridge to the future… I have just finished reading The Great Bridge by David McCullough. It’s the story of the design and construction of The Brooklyn Bridge. The Bridge, designed buy John Roebling and built by his son...
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Where did they get their dry cleaning done? I have just finished David McCullough’s book 1776, which is a history of the first year of the War of the American Revolution. It’s a great read. What struck me througout...
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