Original ceremony was held on may 10, 1869. Included on this ties a list of the dignitaries from that company, including leland stanford, and the big four are all marked there. Another thing you can see on this site is a connection with the resources that would have the twoilable to companies building the railroad. We have mocked up everything to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side, you will see the cut ties. The Central Pacific had they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they could find wood. Not a lot available in the area so they would split them and you can see them mocked up, how they would cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the victorian age as you are going into the industrial age. It was a perfect time for the United States. When that Transcontinental Railroad was complete, it made a major
Carroll very much and the Skyscraper Museum for the ini have tage to talk. Grateful for the opportunity to discuss my research and the book itself. Im going to give one slide on the book itself. Very quick overview. Just talk about some of the main topics and the key themes. One thing. Could you keep me on time . Perfect. The majority of the time well focus on one specific question, which is, why does the manhattan skyline look the way it does, why does it have a particular shape, why do we see one large cluster of skyscrapers downtown and another one several miles to the north in midtown. Theres relatively few skyscrapers even to this day in the area in between. So building the skyline, just very briefly, is a book about my research and im an economist at rutgers newark. Over last decade or so, my interests have primarily been in studying the economys of cities, the economics of real estate and skyscrapers. And much of this book discusses my findings from this Research Agenda over the
Frankel, associate editor of the new york times, henry l. Trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent of the baltimore sun, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of nbc news. The ground rules are basically the same as they were for the first debate two weeks ago. The questions will be alternated between candidates. By the toss of a coin, governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows the question will be asked and the candidate will have up to three minutes to answer. His opponent will have up to two minutes to respond. And prior to the response, the questioner may ask a followup question to clarify the candidates answer when necessary with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. President ford and governor carter do not have notes or prepared remarks with them this evening, but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for gov
Than ever. 12news at 10 00 starts now. Good evening. 12news at 10 00 starting with breaking news. A 27th street and rosier. Three people have been shot there. Sky 12 arriving minutes after people were called to the scene after reports of gunfire. 12news is there right now. The scene still very active as police try to figure out what led to the violence. Here is what phoenix fire told us a few moments ago about the victims. When found three critically injured victims that were shot. Two of them in the house. One outside the house. Police tell 12news they are searching for the shooter. Now, to the big story at 10 00 tonight. What is happening on phoenix streets . Another massive sink hole. This time, a city bus getting trapped. These are live pictures right now from 35th avenue in van bourn. Still closed. From the sink hole. This is third one on phoenix streets this month alone. Three days ago, the intersection of 59th avenue collapsed. Should valley drivers beware . Trisha hendricks is
Quake. She clings to a firefighter as rescuers all clap and say theyre happy shes alive. Thank you for joining us for the news at noon. The death toll from the earthquake is at 241. Here is the latest from the hardest hit village. Reporter powerful after shocks jolting, collapsing more buildings sending clouds of dust into the air a day after a massive 6. 2 earthquake flattened most of the historic village. There have been more than 400 after shocks, one as strong as magnitude 5. 1. Theyre making it much more difficult for teams to search for trapped victims. This firefighter says the focus is still on finding people alive. But its a race against the clock. Crews worked through the night sifting through the debris. Police are keeping this winding Mountain Road clear for workers who are bringing in more equipment to help in this massive rescue effort. In another rescuer went through the rubble with a search dog. This survivor retrieved a box of personal items from his destroyed home. He