The Railfan Window Blog

I saw the title of the following article and immediately suspected that Milwaukee may be mentioned, since I recalled reading long ago about the Brewers’ groundskeepers and their famous field grass designs.

Groundskeepers Display Artistry on the Diamond

I was right.

He was an assistant groundskeeper at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1993 when a concert badly damaged the grass in the outfield. With the support of the head groundskeeper Gary Vanden Berg, Mellor mowed a busy pattern to serve as camouflage. The design, not the damage, was all anyone noticed.

“I still think that was the coolest pattern he ever made,” Vanden Berg said.

Mellor found himself with a niche, and others followed.

Lifeguards with no clothes on? Hey now. This could be interesting. I spotted this sign on the West Side.

Come out and ride PATH free today from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Sign up for a free SmartLink card. View an online historic photo gallery. Learn about H&M/PATH historic milestones.

Bloomingdale’s is reopening their direct connection to the uptown platform at 59 St on the Lexington Avenue IRT subway line.

I don’t know when it closed, or why, or anything really, but I’m glad it’s reopening! Direct access is cool.

Other institutions fortunate to have similar direct platform access are Kmart at Astor Pl and the Museum of Natural History at 81 St-Museum of Natural History .

so nice