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4-story office building built in 1858 in Italian Renaissance Revival style for the Racine and Mississippi Railroad. Later housed Racine's first public library, a vaudeville theater, a Turkish bath, and the U.S.'s first vocational school, among other enterprises. 28: Melvin Avenue Residential Historic District: Melvin Avenue Residential Historic ...
Racine (/ r ə ˈ s iː n, r eɪ-/ ⓘ rə-SEEN, ray-) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago. [9]
Nomad was founded by Noah Dentzel, Brian Hahn and Adam Miller in 2012. Sharing a passion for adventure and minimalism, the founders wanted to create a discrete and portable charging device. Their first product, ChargeCard, was a super-slim USB Cable charger that fit in any wallet like a credit card. [ 5 ]
RYDE Racine is a public transportation agency, operated by the city, serving the city of Racine and villages of Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, ...
Jacobsen Manufacturing was founded around the turn of the 20th century as a pattern-making shop by Knud Jacobsen, a Danish immigrant who came to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1891. A skilled woodworker, Jacobsen made patterns for automobiles, agricultural machines and electrical equipment.
Zbygnew Wilczek, or Zbigniew Marian Wilczek, also known as Ziggy the Bag Man (born c. 1961) [1] is a man who lives in a park in the inner Brisbane suburb of Taringa. Ziggy objects to being labelled as "homeless" as he chose his situation and does not ask for food, money or clothing.
Chevrolet Nomad is a nameplate used by Chevrolet in North America from the 1950s to the 1970s, applied largely to station wagons.Three different Nomads were produced as a distinct model line, with Chevrolet subsequently using the name as a trim package.
On the name Ziggy, Tom Wilson II noted: The name Ziggy derived from his father's school experience of being the last alphabetically. When a new classmate arrived with a last name beginning with "Z," the idea took root with the friendly sounding "y" ending, such as Billy or Tommy. "Ziggy is a last-in-line character," the son said in a phone ...