AND THE LONG TIMBERS THAT THE JOISTS ARE NAILED TO IN A FLOOR. FLOOR ARE CALLED STRINGERS. AND THIS FIRST BRIDGE WAS A SIMPLE STRINGER, AND ORIGINALLY THEY CALLED IT THE STRINGER BRIDGE.
Top of former City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s list: a proposed ban on political donations from anybody doing business with the city and a one-year waiting period for lobbyists getting city jobs.
Faranak Amidi presents The Fifth Floor, a weekly programme that revels in the variety and range of stories produced by the BBC World Service's language sections. Faranak joined the BBC Persian ...