The Daily Texan is the daily student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin. The newspaper began as a weekly in 1900 and became a daily in 1913. According to someone who knows the UT…
"Forty Deuce," or "Deuce" for short, is (or was) West 42nd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue. The term dates from the seedy 1960s and 1970s, when the block…
"The Dinosaur" is tha name of an English Elm tree at St. Nicholas Avenue and 163rd Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. George Washington is said to have walked by the tree around the…
The Barbizon Hotel for Women, at 140 East 63rd Street in Manhattan, was built in 1927. In 2005, the hotel closed and was rebuilt for condominiums, and was given the new name of Barbizon 63. The…
"The Drag" (short for "the main drag") is the portion of Guadalupe Street (locally pronounced "Gwad-a-loop") in Austin that has the University of Texas on the east…
"The Elevated Acre" is the first downtown Manhattan park/private space developed since the 9-11-2001 attacks. It has cost $7 million.…
The New York Times newspaper is frequently nicknamed The Failing New York Times in the tweets of Donald Trump (who was elected U.S. president in 2016). There are a few earlier, non-Trump tweets.…
London Terrace is a series of residential buildings between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets and Ninth and Tenth avenues in West Chelsea, Manhattan. There are many designer, photographer and…
Qantasis the flag carrier airline of Australia. Qantas has used the flying kangaroo in promotional materials since at least the 1940s. By at least 1954, Qantas was dubbed the "flying kangaroo…
According to Ward McAllister (1827-1895), in all of New York City, there are only 400 people who really matter. It was later claimed that this "400" was the number of people that Mrs.…
Ladder Co. 159 on East 48th Street near Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn has been called the "Friendly Firehouse" since at least the late 1990s, when a yellow smiley face was painted on the…
The New York Giants were leading the Philadelphia Eagles, 17-12, and all Giants quarterback Joe Pisarcik had to do was down the ball one last time to end the game. He tried to hand the ball off to…
William Shakespeare's play Macbeth includes witches, and theater tradition has it that the play is cursed. Saying the play's name or its lines (outside of an actual performance) is said…
The media always comes up with a handful of familiar names as potential candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Who decides on this small group of names? Russell…
The military base of Fort Hood, outside of Killeen, has been called "The Great Place" since at least 1987, when a book was published titled Fort Hood, Texas: the great place. A local sign…
"The Great Saunter" is the Shorewalkers name for its 32-mile walk around Manhattan's rim. The New York City Marathon, by comparison, is a mere 26.2 miles long. The Shorewalkers…
New York City has long been called by many "the greatest city in the world." The television show "The Late Show with David Letterman" broadcasts from the Ed Sullivan Theater, at…
The city of Ballinger, in Runnels County, has been called "The Greatest Little Town in Texas." Ballinger was called the "greatest little town in the world" by some residents in…
Russ & Daughters is an appetizing store located at 179 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, that opened in 1914. The Russ & Daughters nickname of "The House that…
Time magazine was founded in 1923 in New York City. It has sometimes been claimed (since at least 2007) that the name Time stands for "The International Magazine of Events." A search of…