Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953. The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, broadcast live on 2 June 1953. It was the event that did more than any other to make television a mainstream medium. More than 20 million people watched the Service on television, outnumbering the radio audience for the first time. The BBC knew the event would be popular – based on the reaction to the limited broadcast of George VI's Coronation Procession - but could not foresee that it would mark the coming of age of tele

#TBT to Marsk Tower: "Since its discovery in 1953, the DNA double helix has been symbolic of life itself," notes Interior Design magazine on the inspiration behind BIG's Marsk Tower - a tall, twisting structure in Southern Jutland, Denmark. Similar to CopenHill - a waste-to-energy power plant topped by a ski slope - Marsk Tower continues BIG's mission to facilitate a relationship between people and the natural world. Visitors can ascend the 146 steps to an apex of 82 feet “in a single spiraling