July 27, 2026
Tag: Jayne Mansfield
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The Mansfield Bar
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The press said Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her car rear-ended a semi. It wasn’t true, but a movement arose to put safety bars on the rear of every truck. And they’re called . . .
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December 20, 2022 8 Comments
Just about a mile South from Times Square, Pennsylvania Terminal is the final station for trains originating west and south of New York City and from the East via the Long Island Rail Road. The Hotel New Yorker was built cater-cornered to the Western end of the terminal. In the intervening years, the magnificent McKim, Mead and […]