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

Site of the Fillmore East

Site of the Fillmore East (1968 - 1971)Fans of live rock, folk, and blues music streamed through this entrance during the brief but memorable life of the  Fillmore East. The great concert...

  • fillmore east
  • second avenue
  • east village...
  • nyc
  • new york city
  • concert prom...
  • the who
  • jimi hendrix
  • the grateful dead
  • jim morrison
  • the doors
  • janis joplin
  • big brother ...
  • the allman b...
  • sly and the ...
  • led zeppelin
  • santana
  • odetta
  • van morrison
  • joan baez
  • neil young
  • fats domino
  • b.b. king
  • ike & tina turner
  • seals & crofts
  • sam & dave
  • chuck berry
  • jefferson airplane
  • the chambers...
  • the mothers ...
  • ravi shankar
  • the byrds
  • fleetwood mac
  • black sabbath
  • jackson browne
  • laura nyro
  • the kinks
  • buddy guy
  • jr. wells
  • leon russell
  • cat stevens
  • blood sweat & tears
  • frank zappa
  • ritchie havens
  • nina simone
  • derek and th...
  • the youngbloods
  • joe cocker
  • elton john
  • chicago
  • chuck berry
  • procol harum
  • country joe ...
  • crosby
  • stills
  • nash & young
  • the incredib...
  • taj mahal
  • steppenwolf
  • linda ronstadt
  • the manhatta...
  • the turtles
  • emerson
  • lake & palmer
  • eric burdon
  • the animals
  • joni mitchell
  • ray charles
  • pink floyd
  • the staple singers
  • vanilla fudge
  • the moody blues
  • johnny winter
  • miles davis
  • buffy saint marie
  • ian & sylvia
  • traffic
  • iron butterfly
  • otis redding
  • grace slick
  • john lennon

Martha Graham

Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)The renowned pioneer of modern dance created radical new dances and rehearsed her company in this building during the 1930s and 40s. Graham also taught in a studio later...

  • martha graham
  • fifth avenue
  • greenwich village
  • nyc
  • new york city
  • martha graha...
  • graham technique
  • 20th century...
  • appalachian spring
  • aaron copland
  • isamu noguchi
  • 1994 documentary

27 Cooper Square

27 Cooper Square In the 1960s, this 1845 former rooming house became a laboratory for artistic, literary and political currents. Writers LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) and Hettie Jones,...

  • 27 cooper square
  • east village
  • nyc
  • new york city
  • leroi jones
  • amiri baraka
  • hettie jones
  • yugen magazine
  • totem press
  • allen ginsberg
  • jack kerouac
  • frank o'hara
  • william s. burroughs
  • edward dorn
  • peter orlovsky
  • archie shepp
  • ornette coleman
  • elizabeth murray
  • beat generat...
  • east village...
  • black mountain poets
  • black arts movement
  • jazz in nyc ...
  • five spot ca...
  • american civ...
  • american civ...
  • 20th-century...

Dickerman-Steele House

Dickerman-Steele HouseThis house was built in 1878, by Edwin Dickerman for his bride Effie Steele. This plaque is in memory of their daughter, Flora, who married Jay Frank Steele. Flora lived in...

    Coffman Swimming Pool

      Jack's Restaurant

      • 1864
      • restaurant

      The Detroit Industry Murals

      The Detroit Industry Murals has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance as the United State's finest modern monumental artwork devoted to...

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      • united state's

      Pierre Dugat Home Site

      In 1776 Pierre Dugat received a Spanish land grant for this site, which became his plantation. Indian artifacts found on this site date from 3000 B.C. to about the eighteenth century.

      • louisiana
      • lafayette

      You Are Free

      YOU ARE FREE FROM MAY 1940 UNTIL AUGUST 1945 THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT FOUND REFUGE HERE IN STATION HOUSE Submitted by @invertiert

      • wwii

      Cuddy & Hughes Pacific Appeal

      CUDDY & HUGHES PACIFIC APPEAL LOCATED ON THE SW CORNER OF SANSOME AND MERCHANT STREETS, CUDDY AND HUGHES PRINTED THE PACIFIC APPEAL, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER THAT SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS THE...

      • emperor norton