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I don't think this is what they had in mind.

Row houses originated in the Low Countries of Northern Europe. English aristocrats hiding there during the civil turmoil of the 1600's brought the design back to Britain. From there the concept found its' way to the Colonies- especially Philadelphia and Baltimore. The design allows variation in...

Remember, politicians do not have a required minimal standard of truthfulness. I doubt she had her hand on a Bible when that popped out of her mouth.

In his report in the Seventh Division News, Chief Jonas stated that the lack of anti-chafing gear was not the cause of rope failure, but was an urban myth.

In a contract dispute, Boeing Corporation has locked out 130 IAFF local members at some factory facilities in Washington State. Starting pay is $52,000/year and average pay is $91,000/year. They average 225 runs per month. The union states that wages are well below neighboring municipalities...

Is it true that I-95 overpasses attract burning fuel trucks like trailer parks attract tornados?

The ghost of old Leon Martin is everywhere.

On the video, looks like he signs the book....RFD

How many of these properties were vacant prior?

They've already got 50,000 gpm pumping capacity on the fireground already.

Richard Roundtree did a made for TV movie with Vince Edwards in 1973 entitled "Firehouse". Roundtree plays the probie. Still got your SAG card Chief?

In the Red Skelton movie The Fuller Brush Man (1948) there are some interesting shots of a 1940's LAFD box response after Red sets a warehouse on fire with a flare. A portion of that can be seen at the end of the movie trailer.

I thought that another heart attack was a complication of a heart attack. If the initial heart attack was sustained in the line of duty, why wouldn't the second event be part of the first- regardless of when it happened?

Entropychaser used to live on a farm about five miles north of Wentzville. As a dopey seventh grader he learned to drive a John Deere tractor, a 1949 Ford; to feed cattle at dawn on a freezing winter morning before school; and a cardinal lesson in life- Don't step in it!

"It's the same old song" Having been in college during the late 1960's, I got to experience the entertainment of student war protester theater. They were first rate loosers- either dopey students or off campus agitators (and a distinct species from urban rioters), morally superior, and financed...

It is interesting to note that there were two proposed routes of the Cross Bronx Expressway from Third Avenue to White Plains Road in East Tremont. The first (from 1946) route was a jog to the north about two blocks. It would involve tearing down 159 buildings housing 1,530 families. The second...

The next frontier of sidewalk lawsuits; The American Disability Act. https://www.cna.com/web/wcm/connect/1d527971-f9a5-46de-8dcc-f67b375950bb/RC-NYC-Sidewalk-Law-Guide.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&ContentCache=NONE

Thanks. What I was inartfully trying to express was that history records this disaster at Third and 173rd when it was actually Third and 175th.

I'm a little confused. Bronx Box # 2941 is at Third Avenue and 175 Street and would have been the nearest box. Two different histories list the incident signal as 44-2904....Third Avenue and 173 Street.

I sure hope they still make them like that.