de bene esse: Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XXXVI)

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

1. The USSR’s first aerial tramway, still going strong after nearly 60 years

The mining town of Chiatura, Georgia, surrounded by steep cliffs, is criss-crossed by a network of aging Soviet-era aerial tramways that are still in use today.

Full photo story found on the Atlantic, photographed by Amos Chapple

2. Hot Wheels: 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom I

(Pictured at a New York Motor Show in the 1950s)

Originally commissioned by one of the richest women in the world, Horace Dodge’s widow Anna. When she grew bored, the car passed to the Raja of Nanpara and several others before turning up in Belgium in 1932. Extravagantly rebodied by Belgian coach and bus maker Jonckheere around 1934, it was awarded a Prix d’Honneur at the Cannes Concours d’Elegance in August 1936. From there it bounced downhill from owner to owner, eventually ending up in a New York area junkyard from which it was rescued and refurbished as a freak attraction, apocryphal claims attaching themselves like barnacles as the years passed. The monster is now finished in gleaming black and owned by the Petersen Museum. Found on Motor Life

3. Vintage Art Deco Railroad Underpass Gets Illuminated

Built in 1931, this Art Deco railroad underpass is a gateway between downtown Birmingham, Alabama and a new urban space called Railroad Park. In recent years, the tunnel was dark and had deteriorated into a dangerous area. The city hired sculptor and public artist Bill FitzGibbons to create a lighting solution that would encourage more pedestrian traffic.

Found here