Buttonwood Rules - Happy 234th Birthday NYSE!
LYRICS >>> https://maxine-log.blogspot.com/2026/05/buttonwood-rules-set-in-motion-234.html
In the bustling heart of Lower Manhattan on a spring day in 1792, twenty-four shrewd brokers and merchants gathered near a sturdy buttonwood tree — that iconic American sycamore standing sentinel at what would become the beating pulse of global finance. With a simple two-sentence pact scratched out on May 17, they forged the Buttonwood Agreement, laying the cornerstone for what the world now celebrates as the New York Stock Exchange on its rip-roaring 234th birthday.
The urban boom built whole cities almost overnight. Roads went in before drawings were finished. Prefab towers rose in weeks. Places planned for nearly a million people — Lingang near Shanghai, Yujiapu billed as China’s Manhattan — stand looking complete: roads, malls, offices, apartments, schools. Yet they feel frozen mid-build.
The emptiness is not a mystery. Hundreds of millions still live on incomes that cannot buy the new stock. “Build it and they will come” did not hold. The result has been called the largest property bubble the world has seen. The same boom that moved Australian iron ore now carries a downside if it bursts.
Two stories sit side by side: frantic construction and deserted streets. This ballad sits in the space between them.
https://maxine-log.blogspot.com/2026/09/ghost-cities-rising-across-chinese.html
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"From Horse Race To Horsepower On Pennsylvania Avenue"
FREEDOM 250 - Story & Theme Lyrics - https://theedje.blogspot.com/2026/01/from-horse-race-to-horsepower-on.html
AI Song from SUNO evokes a grand sweep of American progress - #FromHorseRaceToHorsepower, #PennsylvaniaAvenue, #IndyCar, #Freedom250, #WashingtonDC, #ThomasJefferson, #HorseRacing, #Horsepower, #America250, #StreetRace, #DCGrandPrix, #JeffersonHorseRace, #TechHouse, #FestivalAnthem, #IndyCarOnFox, #TheEDJE
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FREEDOM 250 Grand Prix - August 22-23, 2026
Racing on the seven-turn, 1.7-mile Freedom 250 Grand Prix street circuit will begin on Saturday, Aug. 22 with NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice 1 scheduled from 9-10:30 a.m. ET on FS1. After the opening INDYCAR practice session, IROC practice ...
