Jonathan Cohen's photos with the keyword: iron

The Taft Bridge, also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge, is a historic bridge in Washington D.C. that carries Connecticut Avenue over the Rock Creek gorge. Twenty-four lampposts are equally spaced along both sides of the Taft Bridge. Created by sculptor Ernest Bairstow in 1906 the lampposts are composed of concrete bases (approx. 5 ft. 8 in. high and 4 ft. wide) with painted iron lampposts (approx. 17 feet high and 4 feet wide) set in them. The pedestals are decorated with a garland and a fluted column featuring acanthus leaves at the top and bottom. Above the leaves is a horizontal bracket with two globes hanging from each side of the column. Each lamppost is topped with a painted iron eagle with its wings spread

Louis Simon was born in 1884 in the Bessarabian part of the czarist Empire (the region currently known as Moldova). After immigrating to the United States, he became a champion motorcycle racer, and in 1912 opened a motorcycle sales and repair shop on Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn. Inspired by his love of racing, Simon invented many solutions to cycling problems for which he earned several patents. He carved his first figure of a boy riding a bicycle in 1922 when he began selling and repairing bicycles. As a public announcement of his new inventory, Simon attached the sign high on the exterior wall of his shop. He added a motor to make the wheel revolve and the legs move up and down.

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... with apologies to Flanders and Swann

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“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.” G.K. Chersterton (1874-1936)

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... and the ice cream was delicious!

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