A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Fresno - Djambul

    Beattie Square

    BEATTIE SQUARE .012 ACRE Beattie Square is named in memory of Joseph S. Beattie, who lived at 247 Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. Beattie served as a Private in Company G of the 305th Infantry...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • bedford-stuyvesant
    • bed-stuy
    • bushwick
    • joseph beattie
    • world war i
    • anton vigelius
    • mary vigelius
    • 1884
    • 1921
    • 1924

    Frank Olt - Gothic Circle

    Frank Olt   Gothic Circle   1992 Ceramic relief and glass mosaic   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and MTA New York City TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • queens
    • hunter's point
    • court square
    • frank olt
    • mta
    • art
    • mosaic
    • 1992

    Elizabeth Murray - Stream

    Elizabeth Murray   Stream   2001   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaics, Inc.   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and owned by MTA New York...

    • new york
    • queens
    • hunter's point
    • court square
    • elizabeth murray
    • mosaic
    • mta
    • subway
    • 2001

    Ten Eyck Playground

    TEN EYCK PLAYGROUND .972 ACRE   This playground and the adjoining street are named for Coenradt Ten Eyck (1617-1686), a settler in the New Amsterdam colony. He was born in 1617 in Moers, Germany,...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • williamsburg
    • playground
    • coenradt ten eyck
    • 1645
    • 1651
    • 1686
    • 1802
    • richard woodhull
    • 1828
    • 1852
    • 2017

    Jessie Burnham Williams

      Paul Fierens

        Paul-Henri Spaak

          Heinrich Drake

            Wawa Food Market

            WAWA FOOD MARKET Wawa Dedicated in honor of our first Wawa Food Market which opened in Folsom, Ridley Township, PA April 16, 1964

            • wawa
            • folsom

            The Olympia Works

            THE OLYMPIA WORKS Robert Blackburn-aviation pioneer- built aircraft here including over 100 BEZC army and navy biplanes and the famous Kangaroo, Swift and Sopwith Baby planes. He test flew the...

              The Noble Pass

              MT. LASSEN 10,451 FEET THIS TABLET MARKS THE ROUTE OF THOSE EARLY PIONEERS WHO, IN 1852, FIRST WENT OVER THE NOBLE PASS LINKING THE HUMBOLDT-NEVADA ROAD WITH SHASTA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,...

                Hurricane Sandy, High Water Mark, South Street Seaport

                HIGH WATER MARK 4.0 FEET October 29, 2012 ON THIS DAY, HURRICANE SANDY BROUGHT A STORM SURGE OF 4 FEET TO THIS LOCATION AS INDICATED BY THE RED LINE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HURRICANES IN NYC,...

                • new york
                • manhattan
                • south street seaport
                • fulton street
                • hurricane sandy
                • high water mark
                • 2012

                O.K. Harris

                O.K. HARRIS 1969-2014 383 WEST BROADWAY WAS THE SITE OF OK. HARRIS WORKS OF ART, THE FIRST GALLERY ON WEST BROADWAY AND PIONEER OF SOHO'S TRANSFORMATION FROM WAREHOUSE DISTRICT TO ARTS...

                • new york
                • manhattan
                • o.k. harris
                • 1969
                • 2014
                • gallery
                • art

                Vincent D. McDonnell Building

                VINCENT D. MCDONNELL BUILDING DEDICATED SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS UNSELFISH AND TIRELESS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE N.Y.C. DETECTIVES: ENDOWMENT ASSOC., INC. AUGUST 1, 1996Submitted by @lampbane

                • new york
                • manhattan
                • tribeca
                • nypd
                • 1996