Green Park is a London Underground station on the north side of Green Park, with entrances on both sides of Piccadilly. It is in fare zone 1 and is a busy interchange between the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, used by over 39 million passengers in 2017. The station was opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway and was originally named Dover Street. It was modernised in the 1930s when escalators replaced lifts and new entrances were provided on Piccadilly. The Victoria line platforms opened on 7 March 1969 and the Jubilee line platforms opened on 1 May 1979 with the official opening journeys by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles starting from this station. Improvements in the 2000s made the station wheelchair accessible throughout. The original station building designed by Leslie Green has been demolished. Decorative elements around the station include tiling schemes by Hans Unger and June Fraser and stonework by John Maine.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1169:
Norman mercenaries landed at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_invasion_of_Ireland
1794:
War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Boulou
1931:
New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
1994:
Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, a three-time Formula One World Champion, was killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ayrton_Senna
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
synaesthesia: 1. (neurology, psychology) A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. 2. (by extension) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time. 3. (art, literature) A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synaesthesia
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. --Catch-22 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catch-22