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San Pablo Dam 2010 Seismic Upgrade

    Lisa Dinhofer, 'Losing My Marbles'

    Lisa Dinhofer Losing My Marbles 2003 Glass mosaic Fabricated by Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

    Lisa Dinhofer Losing My Marbles 2003 Glass mosaic Fabricated by Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • times square
    • port authority
    • subway
    • art
    • lisa dinhofer
    • 2003
    • mosaic

    MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station / 8th Avenue Line

    MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station / 8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Kalikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G. Reuter...

    MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station / 8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Kalikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G....

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • subway
    • times square
    • george pataki
    • peter kalikow
    • 1932
    • 2003

    Woodbridge Metcale Grove

      In Memory of Betty & Dick Irwin

      • only sunny hours

      Riverway Park

      2017 Monument expressing the gratitude of the Town of Brookline, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of the Muddy River and others to Michael and Kitty Dukakis for their lifelong support of the...

      2017 Monument expressing the gratitude of the Town of Brookline, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of the Muddy River and others to Michael and Kitty Dukakis for their lifelong support of the...

        U.S. Military Jeep

        The Jeep displayed here is actually a 1951 model jeep, distinguished from the 1942-45 WW II Army-Marinemodel by its windshield without a divider bar. President Eisenhower generally traveled by...

        The Jeep displayed here is actually a 1951 model jeep, distinguished from the 1942-45 WW II Army- Marinemodel by its windshield without a divider bar. President Eisenhower generally traveled...

        • louisiana
        • livingston parish
        • jeep
        • military

        McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom

        VF 142 Ghostriders / U.S.S. America in 1974 The McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom aircraft was developed as superiority fighter and interceptor for deployment on board U.S. Navy Aircraft carriers,...

        VF 142 Ghostriders / U.S.S. America in 1974 The McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom aircraft was developed as superiority fighter and interceptor for deployment on board U.S. Navy Aircraft carriers,...

        • louisiana
        • military
        • plane
        • f-14

        El Paisano Hotel

          Upper Quarry Amphitheater

            La Vida

            • roberto castro
            • merrill college

            Japanese Garden Dinner Bay Community Park

              Keokuk Armory Explosion Memorial

              In memory of the 21 persons who perished in an explosion of The National Guard Armory on this site on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965, while attending a square dance of The Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club.

              In memory of the 21 persons who perished in an explosion of The National Guard Armory on this site on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965, while attending a square dance of The Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club.

              • iowa
              • keokuk
              • disaster
              • square dance

              Conrad Nagel

              Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous silent and sound movie star....

              Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous silent and sound movie star....

              • iowa
              • keokuk
              • entertainment

              Elsa Maxwell

              Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a theater during the opera Mignon. She was raised in San Francisco, California where her father sold insurance and...

              Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a theater during the opera Mignon. She was raised in San Francisco, California where her father sold insurance and...

              • iowa
              • keokuk
              • entertainment

              Calvary United Methodist Church

              This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's representatives...

              This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's...

              • louisiana
              • church
              • religion
              • african american

              C.M. Washington High School

              C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named for...

              C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named...

              • louisiana
              • education
              • african american

              Leonidas Polk

              Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned his...

              Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned...

              • louisiana
              • civil war
              • religion

              St. John's Historic Cemetery

              Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block was...

              Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block...

              • louisiana
              • cemetery
              • thibodaux
              • lafourche parish

              J.C. Hubinger

              Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children. The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in Kentucky and Indiana before...

              Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children. The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in Kentucky and Indiana before...

              • iowa
              • keokuk
              • industry