"Support Your Local Shop": Carlisle Cycle and Scooter

I have talked to several shop owners during my research. In fact, I helped open a shop several years ago. In Central Pennsylvania. One of my fellow riders runs a nice little shop in Carlisle, PA and wrote a post (see link below) about local support. Though we all are familiar with the idea; this is worth the time to remind us why shopping local is so important.



By the way, I love my new helmet that I purchased from this shop! [Photo Credit: Denny Magdule, 10/25/2015 about to start Carlisle Cycle and Scooter's ride out to the abandoned PA Turnpike Tunnels]

Carlisle Cycle and Scooter: Support your local shop.:                             Now that Halloween has past, our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving and holiday shopping.  One of the things we a...

Industrial History in Pennsylvania

I am very interested in industrial history and objects. One of my favorite papers that I did in graduate school was on tourism in Pittsburgh, PA. The following links are referencing my professor Allen Dieterich-Ward from Shippensburg University with his new book Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America and PBS's Keystone Crossroads programming on the reinvention of cities in PA.

Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America

Smart Talk 11/11/15 A: Cities reinventing themselves

How do Pennsylvania’s post-industrial cities reinvent themselves?