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Shattuck Hotel

  • berkeley
  • california
  • shattuck
  • hotel

Canchanchara

There is a very old bar in Trinidad (opened in 1731), that serves a very old drink, called Canchanchara.  The bar goes by the same name, and has the recipe for the drink on the wall.    Submitted...

There is a very old bar in Trinidad (opened in 1731), that serves a very old drink, called Canchanchara.  The bar goes by the same name, and has the recipe for the drink on the wall.    Submitted...

  • cuba
  • trinidad
  • bar
  • 1731

Marmaduke Rawdon's fountain

The plaque reads: "In the year 1657 Marmaduke Rawdon had placed near this spot in the garden of his new house, a fine ornamental fountain fed by water piped from 'goddess Well Acre' on the high...

The plaque reads: "In the year 1657 Marmaduke Rawdon had placed near this spot in the garden of his new house, a fine ornamental fountain fed by water piped from 'goddess Well Acre' on the...

  • marmaduke ra...

St. Joseph Catholic Church

The Catholic Church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy, and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years.  The present brick edifice,...

The Catholic Church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy, and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years.  The present brick...

    Bouwerie Lane Theatre / Bond Street Savings Bank

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • east village
    • henry engelbert
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Duarte Square Park

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • greenwich village
    • juan pablo duarte
    • juan pablo d...
    • dominican republic
    • república dominicana
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Former New York Mercantile Exchange Building

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • tribeca
    • new york mer...
    • thomas r. jackson
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Public drinking fountain in America's first Fair Trade Town

    Submitted by @OWTK via https://twitter.com/OWTK/status/670349766363095041

    Submitted by @OWTK via https://twitter.com/OWTK/st atus/670349766363095041

    • fountain
    • water fountain
    • drinking fountain

    Church of the Immaculate Conception

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • east village
    • j. stewart barney
    • church of th...
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Berlin Wall Panels

    The period after the Second World War divided Western Democratic and Eastern Communist political ideologies by what was known as the Iron Curtain, which stretched from the Baltic to the Black...

    The period after the Second World War divided Western Democratic and Eastern Communist political ideologies by what was known as the Iron Curtain, which stretched from the Baltic to the Black...

    • berlin wall
    • mountain view
    • california
    • bay area
    • cold war

    WROX Radio

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • mississippi
    • wrox
    • wright
    • ike turner

    Olivier Plantation

    OLIVIER PLANTATION After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898,...

    OLIVIER PLANTATION After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898,...

    • lousiana
    • plantation
    • postmaster
    • sugar

    Cement Bill - Lookout Mountain Highway

    He changed his first name to Cement! William Williams was a cement contractor and became known as "Cement Bill" for his extensive use of the material. Williams adopted Cement as his first name (no...

    He changed his first name to Cement! William Williams was a cement contractor and became known as "Cement Bill" for his extensive use of the material. Williams adopted Cement as his first name (no...

    • golden
    • colorado
    • highways
    • roads
    • cement
    • lookout mountain

    Seat of Knowledge

       This seat was placed here on 24 October 2010, on the site of the first school built in Bullsmouth in 1865, Dedicated to all the pupils and teachers of Bullsmouth N.S. [National School  ©...

       This seat was placed here on 24 October 2010, on the site of the first school built in Bullsmouth in 1865, Dedicated to all the pupils and teachers of Bullsmouth N.S. [National School  ©...

    • ireland
    • seat
    • knowledge

    John W. Greer

    Dedicated the Representative John W. Greer who served with distinction for 30 years in the Georgia General Assembly and was instrumental in the establishment and expansion of the Metropolitan...

    Dedicated the Representative John W. Greer who served with distinction for 30 years in the Georgia General Assembly and was instrumental in the establishment and expansion of the Metropolitan...

    • atlanta
    • georgia
    • marta

    The Old Bakery

    THE OLD BAKERYBICENTENNIAL SQUARE THE OLD BAKER WAS THE OFFICE OF BICENTENNIAL AFFAIRS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL IN AUSTIN. FESTIVAL VENTS, PROJECTS PRESERVING...

    THE OLD BAKERYBICENTENNIAL SQUARE THE OLD BAKER WAS THE OFFICE OF BICENTENNIAL AFFAIRS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL IN AUSTIN. FESTIVAL VENTS, PROJECTS...

    • austin
    • texas
    • bakery
    • bicentennial
    • 1976

    As a Thankoffering He Bequeathed a Legacy

    HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OF ALD. HERCULES CLAY, DESTROYED MARCH 11TH 1643 DURING THE SECOND SIEGE OF NEWARK BY A BOMB AIMED AT THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE. THE ALDERMAN THRICE DREAMED OF THE DESTRUCTION...

    HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OF ALD. HERCULES CLAY, DESTROYED MARCH 11TH 1643 DURING THE SECOND SIEGE OF NEWARK BY A BOMB AIMED AT THE GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE. THE ALDERMAN THRICE DREAMED OF THE DESTRUCTION...

    • clay
    • bomb
    • thankoffering
    • england
    • legacy
    • seige

    Romiley Railway Station

     Romiley Railway Stationcelebrating150 yearsOpened 1862 by theManchester,Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway(MS&LR)Unveiled 8th September 2012by Mayor Wendy Meikle &Andrew Stunell OBE MP   Submitted...

     Romiley Railway Stationcelebrating150 yearsOpened 1862 by theManchester,Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway(MS&LR)Unveiled 8th September 2012by Mayor Wendy Meikle &Andrew Stunell OBE MP  ...

    • england
    • manchester
    • railway
    • railroad
    • station

    Was Provided by San Quentin Prison

    MARIN HOTEL 1859BUILT BY GUISEPPE ANGELOTTITHE OLDEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN MARIN 1224 FOURTHA SIMPLE BRICK BUILDING IN VICTORIAN ORNAMENT LABOR FOR CONSTRUCTION WAS PROVIDED BY SAN QUENTIN...

    MARIN HOTEL 1859BUILT BY GUISEPPE ANGELOTTITHE OLDEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN MARIN 1224 FOURTHA SIMPLE BRICK BUILDING IN VICTORIAN ORNAMENT LABOR FOR CONSTRUCTION WAS PROVIDED BY SAN...

    • san rafael
    • california
    • bay area
    • san quentin
    • prison
    • hotel
    • victorian

    These Tidal Flood Defences Were Completed

    Via https://twitter.com/CECHR_UoD/status/700280062558527488

    Via https://twitter.com/CECHR_UoD/status/700280062 558527488

    • england
    • flood
    • 1953
    • 1978
    • defences