Gapers’ Block
Patrolman Irving Francis ("Irv") Hayden provided rush hour traffic reports on Chicago's WGN radio in the 1960s. He coined the term "gapers' block" (cited in print…
Patrolman Irving Francis ("Irv") Hayden provided rush hour traffic reports on Chicago's WGN radio in the 1960s. He coined the term "gapers' block" (cited in print…
"Gaphattan" (Gap + Manhattan) was coined by New York City-based journalist Gersh Kuntzman in Newsweek magazine in 2003 and was popularized in The Brooklyn Paper (where Kuntzman also…
"Garage Mahal" is a term taken from the Taj Mahal, the famed palace in India. A "Garage Mahal" (also lowercase as "garage mahal") is an elaborate parking structure;…
"Garbage bread" is another name for a stromboli; many different ingredients are used and wrapped up in a roll of dough. The term "garbage bread" has been cited in print since at…
"Garbagia" (or "Garbagia Land") is the Harlem River Waterfront Park in the Bronx. The name - from "garbage" - is, of course, not official.…
The Queensboro Corporation developed the country's first "garden apartments" in Jackson Heights in the 1910s. The corporation's founder and director was E. A. MacDougall. A…
Chicago, Illinois has used the Latin motto "Urbs in Horto" (city in a garden) since 1837. There weren't many gardens and there wasn't much city, but Chicago had aspirations.…
Greenpoint -- and sometimes all Brooklyn itself -- has been called the "Garden Spot of the World." Bermuda was the "Garden Spot of the World" in ads in the 1910s. Long Island…
"Garden State" is the nickname of New Jersey. Chicago was called "City in a Garden" or "Garden City" from the 1840s, and Illinois became known as the "Garden…
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian political leader who briefly lived on Staten Island. The 'Garibaldi Sandwich," however, is from Paisan's restaurant in Madison,…
"Garlandite” is the name of an inhabitant of Garland, Texas. The name “Garlandite” has been cited in print since at least 1891. Wikipedia: Gardland, TexasGarland is a city in the U.S.…
Garlic Knots (also called "pizza knots") are usually made in pizzerias with pizza dough, adding garlic and sometimes Parmesan cheese, oregano, and parsley. The dough is shaped into a…
New York City has a Garment Center (also known as the Garment District, Fashion Center and Fashion District). The unofficially defined neighborhood is in Manhattan, between Fifth Avenue and Ninth…
Garnachas are antojitos (appetizers or snacks) that are almost identical to gorditas. Garnachas are simply stuffed corn tortillas. "Garnachas" are cited in English from 1888. Glossary -…
A "Garrison finish" is a come-from-behind win at the last second. It was named, naturally enough, after a jockey named Edward H. "Snapper" Garrison (1868-1930). According to…
The "Gas House District" used to be around 18th street and east of First Avenue. There were actual gas houses there in the 19th century, but they have long since been removed. The term is…
In 2008, the price of gasoline steadily increased in the United States. In Mexico, the price was lower because of subsidies to support low-wage-earning Mexicans who couldn't afford high gas…
The Bayway Refinery on New York harbor in Bayway, New Jersey, was built by Standard Oil in 1907-08 and is currently owned by Phillips 66. The refinery processes 238,000 barrels of gas per day and…
Texas trees have been called "gasoline-on-a-stick" because of the potential of trees to spread wildfires. In 2011, cedar trees in central Texas were dubbed "gasoline-on-a-stick"…
The term "gastropub" was popularized in London in the early 1990s. A "gastrobar (or "gastro bar") is, essentially, the same thing as a "gastropub" -- a drinking…