Matins

¶ Municipal liability for Newport’s Cliff Walk — they thought that they had settled it, but no. Although we are wary of the drive to make somebody responsible for everybody else’s problems, we agree with the Court here. Surrounded by Newport’s mansions, which, for the most part, sit on well-tended grounds, it’s cognitively difficult to recognize that those paths leading down to the shore are not paths at all. (NYT)

While We’re Away

¶ An excellent, inarguable alternative list of “20 Under 40.” (The Millions)

¶ Janice Nimura sits on a bench in Carl Schurz Park and remembers the Slocum Disaster, which occurred within view of her perch 96 years ago yesterday.

¶ At The House Next Door, Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard have a very lengthy but extremely interesting conversation about Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve.

Have a Look

¶ The first traffic signal (Detroit, 1912). (Design Observer)

¶ A big, big “Oops!” moment for schmearer Thomas Kinkade. (World Class Stupid)

¶ Choire Sicha labors in the archives of the New York Times and finds that those things you complain about have been besetting sins at the newspaper since at least a century ago. It’s funny to read the scans of old clippings. (The Awl)

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