Becky Fifield
An Unfortunate Title for a “Great” Article on Penn Station
David W. Dunlap writes the rather fun Building Blocks column for The New York Times. On December 30, 2015, his contribution was titled...
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Becky Fifield
Jan 22, 20142 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Redux
Better known as the PATH, the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad began shuttling passengers through its cast iron tunnels between Manhattan...
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Becky Fifield
Nov 5, 20132 min read
Transit Tuesday: Maryland *facepalm*
OK, we all know it, I’m obnoxiously devoted to my home state. So when I read current “transit” news about Maryland transportation...
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Becky Fifield
Feb 26, 20132 min read
Transportation Tuesday: Move Madison Square Garden NOW
Commuters rush through the LIRR entrance corridor past artwork that evokes the original and only Pennsylvania Station. Andrew Leicester....
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Becky Fifield
Jan 29, 20132 min read
Transit Tuesday: How do you get to Annapolis without a car?
I was peeved. During my Christmas break in Maryland, a winter storm blew in on the day I’d picked to spend some time at the state...
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Becky Fifield
Jan 23, 20133 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: Montreal
I spent a day in Montreal, QC last week. I had forgotten how cold it can be up north. I quickly relearned that northerners find ways to...
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Becky Fifield
Jan 15, 20132 min read
Transit Tuesday: The Walking City
Colleagues of mine were up from DC this week for the Alliance for Response NYC program “Community-Based Recovery After Superstorm Sandy”...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 24, 20122 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: The Johnstown Inclined Plane
People generally know one thing about Johnstown, PA: the flood. The Johnstown Flood National Memorial is located on the rim of the former...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 23, 20121 min read
Transit Tuesday: City Hall Station
On the top of my list of cool things to do in New York City: visit City Hall Station, the abandoned star of the New York city subway...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 22, 20121 min read
Museum Monday: The London Transport Museum
Transit Tuesday is moving on in on Museum Monday. London Transport Museum. Old Metropolitan Railway Car. Photo: RL Fifield 2010. If I...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 17, 20123 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: The Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Beer. Mmmm. Recently, my friend Ms McC and I travelled to Maryland for a eighteenth century event at Fort Frederick State Park (see my...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 7, 20122 min read
New York Diaries Redux
I moved into New York City proper in 2005, and while my journalling habits have given way to blogging, research writing, and fiction, I...
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Becky Fifield
Oct 2, 20121 min read
Transit Tuesday: More Griping about Penn Station
Inari sushi – sweetened deep fried tofu skin stuffed with rice dressed with rice vinegar, salt, and sugar. Photo by miwa_in_oz There is...
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Becky Fifield
Sep 4, 20121 min read
Transit Tuesday – The Elevated in NYC
The El still lives on in Chicago – I’m not sure that they could live without it. But the El once was a vital part of New York...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 28, 20121 min read
Transit Tuesday: Dusseldorf to Cologne
Say it with me: Hauptbahnhof. What a great word “train station” is in German. I was recently in Germany for work and I had a free day to...
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Becky Fifield
Aug 1, 20122 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday: San Francisco
The Cable Car Power House. RL Fifield, 2009. San Francisco is the city where I started to learn to look, compose, and photograph. I feel...
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Becky Fifield
Jul 17, 20121 min read
Transit Tuesday: Subway, Sesame Street Style
Nothing underlines the fact that Sesame Street is a New York product like this 1974 clip “Subway.” It’s a bit discordant and urban,...
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Becky Fifield
Jul 3, 20121 min read
Transit Tuesday – Cyril E. Power
Yes, I’m a museum professional, but that doesn’t mean I don’t use museum databases to see objects I enjoy when I get home. I’m...
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Becky Fifield
May 22, 20122 min read
Transit Tuesday – Central Railroad of New Jersey’s Communipaw Terminal
CNJRR Train Shed and Communipaw Terminal. RL Fifield, 2011. Staring out over New York Harbor, the Central Railroad of New Jersey’s...
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Becky Fifield
May 16, 20122 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday – Albuquerque
I had been warned that Albuquerque wasn’t much. What I saw most in Albuquerque: the AIC meeting at the Albuquerque Convention center....
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