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Grand Pacific Hotel

    Northern Railway

      Emeryville's Horse Racetrack

        Creative Play Area

        • grand lake
        • kiwanis
        • 1958

        Danielle Mastrion Artist Statement

          Danielle Mastrion Artist Statement "I have always wanted to paint Shirley Chisholm!" This was Brooklyn-based painter and muralist, Danielle Mastrion's response when she was asked to paint the...

          Remembering Shirley Chisholm

          Shirley Chisholm  (1924-2005) Unbought and Unbossed Chisholm was born in Brooklyn on November 30h, 1924. She graduated from Brooklyn Girls' High School in 1942 and Brooklyn College cum laude...

          • shirley chisholm

          Huchiun Park

            The Game of Change

              Altman Building

              ALTMAN BUILDING ALTMAN DEPARTMENT STORE CARRIAGE HOUSE DESIGNED BY KIMBALL & THOMPSON ARCHITECTS ERECTED 1896Submitted by @lampbane

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • b. altman
              • 1896

              Restoration of Grand Central Terminal

              The restoration of Grand Central Terminal was driven by the vision, leadership and passion of Peter Stangl, the first President of Metro-North Railroad, and realized through the...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • grand central
              • grand centra...
              • mta
              • metro-north railroad
              • 1995
              • 1991

              Grand Central Terminal - National Railway Historical Society

              GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC RAILROAD LANDMARKS THIS TERMINAL WAS OPENED IN 1913 BY THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN &...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • grand central
              • grand centra...
              • mta
              • metro-north railroad
              • 1913
              • 2013

              Grand Central Terminal - National Civil Engineering Landmark

              NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 1852 GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK SPEARHEADED BY CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM J. WILGUS AND CONSTRUCTED...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • grand central
              • grand centra...
              • mta
              • metro-north railroad
              • 1852
              • 1913
              • 2013

              Grand Central Terminal - National Historic Landmark

              GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSTRUCTED FROM 1903...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • grand central
              • grand centra...
              • 1903
              • 1913
              • 1976

              The Biltmore Room

              You're in the Biltmore Room, once a popular arrival area for long-distance travelers on the New York Central Railroad. Formerly nicknamed the "Incoming Train Room" and the "Kissing Room,"...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • grand central
              • grand centra...

              Abraham Lincoln Statue - Union Square Park

              ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATUE UNION SQUARE PARK One of three sculptural renditions of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) in New York City's parks, this bronze larger-than-life sized statue by Henry Kirke...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • union square
              • abraham lincoln
              • 1864
              • 1865
              • 1868
              • 1870
              • 1875
              • 1930
              • 1992