Instead of driving past landmarks and wondering how they came to be there, I now go and find out more to expand my knowledge.
Their parallel paths of privilege took them past landmarks that were different in name but identical in spirit: St. Albans School and Harvard University for one, Phillips Academy and Yale for the other.
Over the years, the tours, which also go past landmarks like Yankee Stadium and the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, have received mixed but largely favorable reviews – an average of 3.5 stars out of 5 — on Trip Advisor.
Nothing, not even a steady rain, could put a damper on a cruise that would take her along the Hudson and East Rivers, past landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
I walked past landmarks from my childhood: the Capitol Hill Natatorium, where I learned to swim; the Southeast branch library, where I got my first library card and found refuge from the D.C. summer heat; the five-and-dime store, where I spent my first pocket change on trinkets and, once, a tiny pet turtle.
All ages can take a miniboat trip past landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, the Acropolis, and Abu Simbel Egyptian temple.
THE oil painting of St. Augustine's Church at Sixth Avenue and Sterling Place in Park Slope (shown) was done in 1997 by an artist who walks past the landmark site almost daily.
Steadied in this way, I rejoin Insurgentes for the short journey to its crux, past the landmark of Metro Insurgentes underground station, a sunken wagon wheel with a pedestrian plaza and avenues flying off it as spokes.
As such, Thursday's appearance of "Big Ben" sailing past the landmark Big Ben was also aimed at drawing attention to a sponsorship deal between the Ben Ainslie Racing team and JP Morgan for the series.
On a personal level, Cook's 130 in the third innings saw more records fall to the left-handed opener, with it his ninth Test century in Asia – surpassing the record set by South Africa's Jacques Kallis as a visiting player on the continent – and his 12th as England captain taking him past another landmark, previously held by his mentor Graham Gooch.
