by David Krell | May 8, 2017 | David Krell
When Christian Ziegler got the assignment to design a new stadium for Jersey City, he planned a voyage with Parks and Public Buildings Commissioner Arthur Potterton for a reconnaissance trip to Rochester, Cleveland, Montreal, Boston, and Philadelphia, according to...
by David Krell | Apr 16, 2017 | David Krell
Before he received tomorrow’s newspaper today in Early Edition, before he coached the Dillon Panthers in Friday Night Lights, and before working for the Monroe County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office in Bloodline, Kyle Chandler portrayed the All-American...
by David Krell | Mar 16, 2017 | David Krell
When James Oglethorpe led the settling of Savannah, Georgia in 1733, he used a geometric shape for the layout—squares. Robert Johnson has the distinction of the first square being named after him; Johnson—South Carolina’s colonial governor—and Oglethorpe were...
by David Krell | Mar 5, 2017 | David Krell
If Boston ever establishes a Mount Rushmore of sports, the four visages will likely be those of Robert Gordon Orr, Larry Joe Bird, Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr., and Theodore Samuel Williams. Bobby. Larry. Tom. Ted. When Ted Williams swung his bat, a hit was not...
by David Krell | Jan 4, 2017 | David Krell
Roy Campanella was born in the same year as the team for which he played before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. The Elite Giants débuted in 1921 in Nashville, where it stayed for a decade and a half before moving to Washington, D.C. After spending...
