October 14, 2018October 14, 20181940s, Contemplations, People You've Never Heard Of May They Forever Be Old: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Death at Age 44 Growing old means that people you once viewed as old are now younger than you. Life is always safest when you are […]
September 29, 2018September 29, 20181960s, ApexUSA, Movie Sets (Interior), Themed Environments Bars, Nightclubs, and Casinos from Ocean’s 11 (1960) How bad can a movie be yet look fantastic? Ocean’s 11 (1960) is a heist film famous for its slick Rat Pack, […]
September 26, 2018August 24, 20221940s, People You've Never Heard Of The Strange Case of the U.S. Soldier Who Talked 162 Germans Into Surrendering As with so many war stories, this one is hazy and sounds like it’s ready-made for a movie. Particulars are hard to […]
September 26, 2018September 27, 20181950s, 1960s Edward Andrews: Great Character Actor Who Took Imperious to a New Level Many character actors might bristle at the idea of being branded a character actor. Because, after all, who wants to be branded […]
September 1, 20181970s, ApexUSA Modern Babylon: Deserted Weyerhaeuser Campus in Federal Way, Washington Quietly ensconced in 130 acres of woods south of Seattle is the abandoned campus of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation. Much like the Hanging […]
August 2, 2018August 2, 20182010s, Invisible Places, Secret Spaces The East Cut, San Francisco: When a PR Agency Renames Your Neighborhood Imagine that the name of your neighborhood, which has been established for over a century, doesn’t sit well with a local business association. […]
July 23, 2018July 23, 20182010s, Water Features Incredibly High Guiyang City Skyscraper Fake Waterfall A new waterfall cascading down the side of a skyscraper in China’s Guiyang City falls an amazing 108 meters (or 354 feet). […]
June 29, 2018September 28, 20181950s, 1960s, Themed Environments Sands Hotel and Casino Sign in Las Vegas Was Mid-Century Perfection When the Sands opened on December 15, 1952, it represented Las Vegas’ introduction to modern casino and hotel design. But the world […]
April 1, 2018October 29, 20211960s, ApexUSA Midcentury Modern Lovefest with 1961’s “Bachelor in Paradise” If you love midcentury modern style and you’re feeling down, few things are better than screening 1961’s Bachelor in Paradise, with Bob […]
March 16, 2018November 11, 20181970s, Where Did This Person Go? Christopher Morley in the Age of Evil Cross-Dressing Men in Film It was the period when you could shoot, stab, punch, and humiliate cross-dressing men with complete abandon and glee. It was […]