Duct tape was originally Army green and commonly called “duck” tape because it repelled water. After World War II, the tape’s rubberized top coat was changed to gray to match the duct work in the postwar housing boom.

Car buffs might consider a pilgrimage to the corner of Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in Pittsburgh, where a historic marker commemorates the “First Drive-In Filling Station.” That breakthrough in automotive convenience made history a little over a century ago, in 1913. Baum Boulevard was then already known as […]