Thursday, September 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
ships on Luxury Liner Row, New York, 1957
On September 3, 1957, New York’s West Side, known as Luxury Liner Row, hosted a grand assembly of iconic Atlantic liners. The photograph captures six of these classic ships, which arrived early that morning, marking the end of the summer vacation season the day after Labor Day.
From top to bottom, the vessels included American Export Lines' INDEPENDENCE at Pier 84, United States Lines' flagship UNITED STATES at Pier 86, Greek Line's OLYMPIA and French Line's FLANDRE at Pier 88, and Cunard Line's MAURETANIA and QUEEN MARY at Pier 90. At Pier 92 was Cunard's BRITANNIC, which had arrived on August 31.
This gathering of liners, 67 years ago, collectively brought around 9,400 passengers to New York in the luxury of the era. In contrast, today, Royal Caribbean's ICON OF THE SEAS alone can carry 7,600 passengers, nearly matching the capacity of all six classic liners combined. (from Marine Buff FB)
1989 Citroën CX Prestige
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Jeff Bezos's new private jet
from the New York Post
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ gleaming new $80 million private jet was spotted at a Los Angeles airport over the Labor Day weekend.
The sleek-looking Gulfstream G700 — which can travel at nearly the speed of sound — idled just across the tarmac at Van Nuys Airport on Sunday, according to a video posted to X by journalist John Schreiber.
It is not clear if Bezos was aboard his shiny new toy, but the mogul was photographed over the holiday weekend in Los Angeles with fiancée Lauren Sánchez.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Long Island Railroad 'ten-wheeler', New York City
The PRR shield is carried as it was one of the PRR's subsidiaries.
The road number is not legible but here are details about one of the class now preserved-- Engine 35 – Pennsylvania RR Technical & Historical Society – Long Island Chapter (prrthslic.org)
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