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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

St. Mark's Church

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • washington dc
  • dc
  • church

General Washington's Lots

  HERE WERE THE LOTS ACQUIRED ON OCTOBER 3, 1798 BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ON WHICH HE BUILT TWO BRICK DWELLINGS FROM DESIGNS BY DR. WILLIAM THORNTON. A DWELLING REMODELED FROM THE...

  HERE WERE THE LOTS ACQUIRED ON OCTOBER 3, 1798 BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ON WHICH HE BUILT TWO BRICK DWELLINGS FROM DESIGNS BY DR. WILLIAM THORNTON. A DWELLING REMODELED FROM...

  • washington dc
  • dc
  • general washington
  • wilkes
  • dwellings

Between the United States and Canada

Submitted by @jqmcd 

Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • washington dc
  • dc
  • canada

William Phelps Eno Memorial Pedestrian Mall

THE WILLIAM PHELPS ENO MEMORIAL PEDESTRIAN MALL WILLIAM PHELPS ENO 1858 - 1954 [sic]  FOUNDER OF ENO FOUNDATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, INC. WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT  [The death date is apparently...

THE WILLIAM PHELPS ENO MEMORIAL PEDESTRIAN MALL WILLIAM PHELPS ENO 1858 - 1954 [sic]  FOUNDER OF ENO FOUNDATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, INC. WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT  [The death date is apparently...

  • westport
  • connecticut
  • pedestrian
  • mall

The Sandy Springs

Submitted by @jqmcd.

Submitted by @jqmcd.

  • georgia
  • springs
  • sandy
  • todo