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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 in...

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

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 City...

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,...

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 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 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, AND...

            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,...

              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 AND...

              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

              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

              The Battle of Cloutierville

              Though far from the fighting for most of the Civil War, the Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864 brought the war and its destruction to Magnolia Plantation. Retreating Confederates contributed...

              Though far from the fighting for most of the Civil War, the Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864 brought the war and its destruction to Magnolia Plantation. Retreating Confederates contributed...

              • louisiana
              • civil war
              • national park

              Oakland Plantation

               Oakland Plantation was founded on a 1785 Spanish-era land grant by Jean Pierre Emanuel Prud'homme. A small enslaved work force grew tobacco and indigo. From domestic and agricultural workers to...

               Oakland Plantation was founded on a 1785 Spanish- era land grant by Jean Pierre Emanuel Prud'homme. A small enslaved work force grew tobacco and indigo. From domestic and agricultural workers...

              • louisiana
              • plantation
              • national park

              Magnolia Plantation

              Rarely do you encounter original outbuildings where generations of the same families of workers and owners lived and worked. Here people produced the wealth that supported Magnolia for more than...

              Rarely do you encounter original outbuildings where generations of the same families of workers and owners lived and worked. Here people produced the wealth that supported Magnolia for more...

              • louisiana
              • plantation
              • national park

              Meeker Sugar Mill Gear

              These solid iron gears were moved here from the old sugar refinery at Meeker, LA during the mid-1980s. The old sugar mill was built in 1912 and closed in 1981. It was a cooperative enterprise with...

              These solid iron gears were moved here from the old sugar refinery at Meeker, LA during the mid-1980s. The old sugar mill was built in 1912 and closed in 1981. It was a cooperative enterprise with...

              • louisiana
              • sugar
              • industry
              • rapides parish

              Dr. Whitehead's Medical Office

              Dr. Charles Poston Whitehead was born on January 1, 1848 in Winchester County, Kentucky. He graduated from medical school at the University of New York in 1870 and interned at Bellevue Hospital in...

              Dr. Charles Poston Whitehead was born on January 1, 1848 in Winchester County, Kentucky. He graduated from medical school at the University of New York in 1870 and interned at Bellevue Hospital in...

              • louisiana
              • medicine
              • rapides parish

              Potter's Grocery

              This little one room store belonged to Mr. Isaac "Ike" Potter, a life-long resident of Lecompte. He was born in July 1895 and died in October 1972. He opened the store in the early 1950s after he...

              This little one room store belonged to Mr. Isaac "Ike" Potter, a life-long resident of Lecompte. He was born in July 1895 and died in October 1972. He opened the store in the early 1950s after...

              • louisiana
              • business
              • rapides parish