Photo credit: Magda Biernat courtesy SHoP Architects. And the answer to why the FDR Drive is purple? SHoP did choose the color—it's called "Almost Purple" and there's a very particular design ...

A large crew was busy putting up Roosevelt, Tobin and other state candidate banners. Eight huge clusters of floodlights were erected around the infield, each equipped with loudspeakers facing in ...