April 26, 2024
Tag: Gdansk
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St. Mariacka in Gdansk
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[elementor-template id=”3378″] St. Mariacka in Gdansk When I saw St. Mariacka (St. Mary’s) it was very different from the picture on this postcard. On a warm day in late September, the dim interior of this church was a welcome relief from the searing sun and blinding light of mid-day. The languages around me that day…
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April 4, 2022 7 Comments
In the last decade of the 19th century Pasadena, California, became a resort city where the rich met the resourceful. Some would say, where the money meets the brain. One encounter, the one between Thaddeus Lowe (the rich man) and David Macpherson (the brain and a Cornell University engineer), met and the Mount Lowe Railroad was the result of their joint assets.