Tag: Station

One of my favorite places to wander around inside (and out really) when it’s a bit wintry in Chicago is Union Station. It’s iconic and gorgeous. ©Lauri Novak During this particular visit, it was the only destination we planned. A friend and I took the train downtown and...

I was fortunate to see the original photos from that session at an exhibit at the Caixa Forum in Madrid, Spain. Located in Paseo del Prado in a former power station. The Art Center hosts temporary art exhibitions and cultural events. So rather than reiterate what has already been said about Halsm...

Madrid is known for having one of the oldest and largest underground metro systems in the world. Line 1, the first metro constructed in the city, officially opened to the public on October 31, 1919. Line 1 ran through the heart of the city, from Cuatro Caminos, just north of the center, to Puente...

Once a masterpiece of the Victorian Railways used to be the junction to the scenic Healesville Line and the Warburton Line that would be the gateway to the Yarra Valley. Like the other stations that had featured Refreshment Rooms, the station had carried on its tradition of being a refreshment room ...

From East Richmond station the sky looks like an ashen sink: Grey perpetual, flat and dirty, Enlivened just enough, With the underlying stain of urban rush, And by the buildings cut into the blur like, Pale blue veins intersecting wrists, That one could deem it beautiful. The ba...

It was the one thing that we shared on muddy evenings grained in blue We awoke with the moon, soaring above the blossoming night, stars like seeds spilled across your eyes the crush of eternity unable to touch us, yet. Around cold corners and along brick buildings the poet forever writes his...

Despite that Taiwan and Philippines are close in terms of location; Taiwan has never been on top my travel bucket list. Aside from the Taiwanese dramas and movies (Meteor Garden as the famous one) I watched way back when I was still in high school/college, there was not much information I knew about...

At 8:07 a.m. on Wednesday morning, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avraham Levy was returning home from staffing an all-night municipal election vote-count in the city of Tel Mond. He was driving one of the organization’s ambulances back from the event when he received an emergency alert from di...

Vancouver’s Waterfront Station sits prominently in a crossroad of ‘Classical meets modern’, below the overgrowth of glass sky-scrapers. The building remains as a timeless etched jewel, breathing with present life. In the Neoclassical style, a Montréal architectural firm i...

This is probably the best proxy for examining the CRL’s dual role. I’ve been in and out of Bishan station a lot more than usual recently, in order to make attempts at purchasing doughnuts from Mister Donut. Of course, the Bishan crowds are depressing as always, but what matters here i...

1. Scientific Marvel The ISS is the ultimate cosmic laboratory. Scientists conduct experiments in microgravity, unlocking secrets about everything from fluid dynamics to the effects of space travel on the human body. It’s like a space-age science fair up there! 2. Astronaut Training...

As the Earth disappears in a decreasing blue ball in the rear view mirror, two astronauts discover that life is not all beer and skittles for a spaceman, and that serious misgivings are never more than a NASA pre-packed, freeze dried cucumber sandwich away. You’ve just blasted off and you&r...