A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

First Unitarian church of Oakland

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • church
  • unitarian

South Berkeley Bank

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • howard
  • bank
  • cal
  • 1906
  • lorin

Al Zampa Memorial Bridge

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • bridge
  • california
  • bay area
  • bridge
  • todo

Charles S green Library / African- American Museum

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • library
  • museum
  • african american

The Touriel Building

Possibilities to add convenience, intensity, and cheer in cities... are limitless" -- Jane Jacobs

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • jane jacobs

Freedmen Town

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

  • oxford
  • civil war
  • citizen
  • mississippi

The Dormitory at the Morris Industrial School for Indians

Submitted by S_Despiegelaere

  • minnesota
  • dormitory
  • industrial school
  • indians
  • indian
  • assimilation

Tilden memorial

DEDICATED [*] 195[*] IN MEMORY OF  [*] CLASS [?] MEMBERS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II Wm. H. MERRIAM 39 JAMES W. ROUTH Jr. 41 EDMUND TACKLE 4[*] JOHN ROBERT...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • wwii
  • tilden
  • oak
  • cal

Along the Bluff

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, this spot was the edge of a bluff overlooking Burrard Inlet, along which, in the 1890s, the young city’s most influential residents built impressive homes....

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • bluff

Financial District

Financial District In 1888, the Bank of British Columbia and the Bank of Montreal became the first of many financial institutions to open their offices on Hastings Street west of Cambie. By 1912,...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • financial district
  • bank