It's also (again, history crumbles) wonderfully bright to sit in, especially if you go for the "Skydome" sunroof (static or electronically opening).
And there Phelps was at the conclusion of the 100-meter butterfly, after thinking he had lost, with his goggles removed, looking up at another piece of history crumbling, Mark Spitz sliding over to make room for Phelps on the pedestal for most gold medals, seven, won in a single Games.
But the relationship between Belarus and Russia, both Slavic countries with an intricately linked history, has crumbled in the last two years over economic disputes.
She has a history of crumbling in big tournaments, earning a reputation for mental weakness when the pressure heightens.
So much history sits crumbling along Front Street, particularly the 11 warehouses between Beekman Street and Peck Slip built in the early 1800's during the heyday of the shipping industry at the South Street Seaport.
Suddenly 1 16 into the second round, as Silva was going for a leg kick, his shin snapped in half, and the legendary former champion, widely considered as one of the pound-for-pound greatest fighters in the history of the sport crumbled.
But that first draft of history is now crumbling into dust.
But the biggest star on that April evening in 2012 was the resurrected Howard itself, a monument to black cultural history that stood crumbling for decades as Washington slowly changed around it.
It is a ground that feels old too: there is nowhere quite like it, with such a profound sense of history, uneven and crumbling stands cramming in 39,000 people to face a team with a famously unique identity.
Under your feet, meanwhile, lie more than 7,000 years of history, and the crumbling pillars, arches and staircases of the Citadel are testament to Amman's claim as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Do not miss the Roman-era Temple of Hercules, a honeycomb-coloured jumble of columns and beams, and the hilltop's Umayyad Palace, believed to date back as far as the 8th Century.
