Good Roads

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Simon

Good Roads related posts click here This is the map that the Good Roads presentation analyzes: I’ll post the slide show as soon as I figure out how. ... Read More

Good Roads

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Simon

In September 2015 I started a discovery project with an almost 100 year old map of Pasadena. At the time I called it One City One Map Life intervened, progress was slow, but I pushed slowly forward an... Read More

Good Roads

Posted on March 13, 2009February 27, 2017 by Simon

Follow these links to find more information on the sites shown on the map. Lamanda Park Millionaires Row Busch Gardens Ross Field This will be a link to the slides show as soon as we figure out how to... Read More

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Posted on March 5, 2017May 30, 2017 by Simon

It is the common wisdom today that “Big Pharma” is making massive profits by exploiting both the taxpayers and the consumers of medicine. Think about how odd this animosity is. An industry... Read More

Smoother Roads

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Simon

In the 1920’s the slogan of the Automobile Club of Southern California was “Good Roads” The logo from a 1923 auto club map It is time to refocus on “Good Roads.” But this... Read More

One City One Map

Posted on September 17, 2015September 28, 2015 by Simon

My latest map project blends technology and history. Many years ago I bought an old Automobile Club of Southern California map of Pasadena. My plan is to first accurately date the map, digitize it ... Read More

How Lake Avenue Got Its Name

Posted on April 30, 2012April 28, 2012 by Simon

Lake Avenue is one of the major streets in Pasadena. Before the revival of Old Pasadena it was also the main shopping district. Today’s question is: How did it come to be called Lake Avenue wh... Read More

Pot Holes

Posted on February 19, 2020February 18, 2020 by Simon

We have food in abundance, clean water to drink, remarkably good healthcare, we can venture out at night without fear and we complain about potholes in the roads. It is not the roads that are a proble... Read More

Hengish Phoenix

Posted on June 1, 2019May 11, 2019 by Simon

At Cortez Park in Phoenix I came across this stone sculpture. It has a henge-like quality. The park is on the Arizona Canal at about 35th Avenue. I have been walking the canals... Read More

Eliminate the Income Tax

Posted on May 2, 2018April 25, 2018 by Simon

It is Time to Eliminate the Income Tax. The Federal Government needs lots of money and they get most of it through income taxes. Unfortunately income taxes distort behavior, are volatile and are ext... Read More

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