It's Fleet Week in New York, which means Times Square is filled with sailors and leggy retro-pinup models. Oh, and there's a robotic boat (complete with gun detectors and sonic blaster).
For hot rod and custom car enthusiasts, the sixth annual Laconia Custom Nationals, which has drawn more than 600 entries to Gunstock Ski Area in Gilford, is a chance to share their passion with like-minded people and swap shop notes on what's happening in their retro world.
INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will celebrate 100 years of worldwide leadership in motorsports entertainment through its Centennial Era from 2009-2011, which will feature many special events, a new, retro corporate logo and redevelopment of the area surrounding the Racing Capital of the World.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has required what is apparently the first landmark restoration of a white brick building in New York: the 1960 co-op at 900 Fifth Avenue, at 71st Street.
You never know, boys and girls. What once was a guilty pleasure of mine is now a retro-hit on Broadway. A Tony-nominated retro-hit to boot. The back story: Sometime in the early '70s, up past my bedtime and sneaking a look at late-night TV, I discovered this old movie with the odd name of “Boeing Boeing.”
Among the many authors making appearances at the country’s biggest book fair are celebrity interior designer Eric Leong and popular purveyor of kids’ adventure tales, James ‘Mr Midnight’ Lee.
LA CAADA FLINTRIDGE - JPL's Phoenix Mars Lander is expected to touch down on the Red Planet on Sunday afternoon, project scientists announced Thursday.
On ground level, shops will line either side of the zero block of River Street West. One story above, a 74-100 room hotel, complete with a coffee shop and steakhouse, will connect across the street with skywalks.