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

Four Directions from Hunters Point

Four Directions from Hunters Point Up and Out   Julianne Swartz, 2019   Lenses, stainless steel, glass, mirror   Fabricated by Brad Dilger, Triform LLC   Commissioned by the City of New York...

  • new york
  • queens
  • hunters point
  • library
  • art
  • julianne swartz
  • brad dilger
  • 2019

Welfare Island Bridge

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION   ANNUAL AWARD OF MERIT MOST BEAUTIFUL STEEL BRIDGE CLASS IV 1955   CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT E. WAGNER   ABE STARK PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL HULAN...

  • new york
  • queens
  • manhattan
  • roosevelt island
  • welfare island
  • bridge
  • abe stark
  • robert wagner
  • 1955

Jesse 1969 - 1988

COME REST AND PRAY WITH ME   JESSE 1969-1988   LOVE MOM, DAD, YOUR SISTER   AND NEPHEWS FOREVER IN OUR HEARTSSubmitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • green-wood cemetery
  • bench
  • 1969
  • 1988

The Devil's Hoof Print

Legend has it that, near this spot during our Colonial period, an African American named Joost dueled the Devil in a fiddling contest. When Joost triumphed, the Devil, in defeat, stomped his...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • green-wood cemetery
  • legend
  • colonial
  • american revolution
  • sunset park
  • 2014

The Delaware Regiment

THE DELAWARE REGIMENT BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AUGUST 27, 1776   Responding to the call of the Continental Congress, the Delaware Regiment was organized in January of 1776. In early August of that...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • green-wood cemetery
  • delaware
  • battle of lo...
  • american revolution
  • 1776
  • 2001

36th Street Station

MTA New York City Transit   36th Street Station   OPENED 1915   REHABILITATED 1997 GEORGE E PATAKI GOVERNOR, STATE OF NEW YORK RUDOLPH W GIULIANI MAYOR, CITY OF NEW YORK E. VIRGIL CONWAY...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • sunset park
  • subway
  • nyct
  • george pataki
  • rudy giuliani
  • 1915
  • 1997

Owen Smith, 'An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders'

Owen Smith   An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders 1998   Ceramic mosaic   Fabricated by Peter Colombo Artistic Mosaics   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • sunset park
  • subway
  • nyct
  • art
  • mosaic
  • owen smith
  • 1998

Natural Gas Network in Bashkortostan

The text is in two languages, Bashkir and Russian. It says:"Был йортkа Башkортостандағы тәүге селтәр газы килгән 21.07.1953 В этот дом пришел первый сетевой газ в...

  • infrastructure
  • gas
  • resources

Nashville’s First Public School

Nashville's first pablic school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved...

  • school
  • high school
  • nashville
  • tennessee

Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)

RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) A graduate of Hume- Fogg and Vanderbilt University, Randall Jarrell was a distinguished poet, critic, novelist, essayist, and teacher. Jarrell Joined the U.S. Army Air...

  • school
  • high school
  • vanderbilt u...
  • vanderbilt
  • university
  • nashville
  • tennessee
  • poetry

James Wilson Growden Memorial Field

GROWDEN MEMORIAL FIELDin memory of JAMES WILSON GROWDENMarch 28, 1935 - March 27, 1964FATHER - TEACHER - ATHLETE - LATHROP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATEDIED WITH HIS TWO YOUNG SONS IN THE GREAT ALASKA...

  • fairbanks
  • alaska
  • goldpanners
  • baseball

Pulaski Bridge

CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT F. WAGNER MAYOR JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN JAMES A. LUNDY PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF QUEENS PULASKI BRIDGE 1954 DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • queens
  • greenpoint
  • long island city
  • bridge
  • robert wagner
  • john cashmore
  • james lundy

Gloria & Don LeVine

In loving memory. Gloria & Don LeVine Married 1946: Partners, Parents, Grandparents   "Those were the days..."Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • prospect park
  • bench

General William Booth

TO THE GLORY OF GOD   UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH   THE FOUNDER OF THE SALVATION ARMY COMMISSIONER GEORGE S. RAILTON AND SEVEN WOMEN OFFICERS UNFURLED THE FLAG OF THE SALVATION...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • battery park
  • the battery
  • william booth
  • salvation army

Riverview Homes Association

RIVERVIEW HOMES ASSOCIATION Incorporated 1 May, 1923   One of the earliest examples of not-for- profit housing cooperatives in the United States, Riverview Homes was established and constructed...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • sunset park
  • finland
  • finntown
  • 1923