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After a Fire, the City of Davis is Created

    Maritcha R. Lyons Park

    MARITCHA R. LYONS PARK What was here before? The Board of Estimate (a now defunct municipal body) first acquired this property in 1944 as part of the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...

    MARITCHA R. LYONS PARK What was here before? The Board of Estimate (a now defunct municipal body) first acquired this property in 1944 as part of the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • dumbo
    • brooklyn heights
    • bqe
    • downtown brooklyn
    • maritcha r. lyons
    • 1964
    • 1998
    • 2020
    • 1929

    Loeb Student Center

    LOEB STUDENT CENTER On this site from 1958 to 1999 stood the Loeb Student Center, erected in tribute to the memory of Carl Morris Loeb and his wife Adeline Moses Loeb through the generosity of...

    LOEB STUDENT CENTER On this site from 1958 to 1999 stood the Loeb Student Center, erected in tribute to the memory of Carl Morris Loeb and his wife Adeline Moses Loeb through the generosity of...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • greenwich village
    • washington s...
    • nyu
    • new york university
    • carl morris loeb
    • adeline moses loeb
    • 1958
    • 1999

    Judson Memorial Church

    LANDMARKS OF NEWW YORK JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH   CONSTRUCTED IN 1892, THIS BAPTIST CHURCH, NAMED IN MEMORY OF ADONIRAM JUDSON, WAS DESIGNED IN A GRECO-ROMANESQUE STYLE BY MCKIM, MEAD AND WHITE,...

    LANDMARKS OF NEWW YORK JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH   CONSTRUCTED IN 1892, THIS BAPTIST CHURCH, NAMED IN MEMORY OF ADONIRAM JUDSON, WAS DESIGNED IN A GRECO-ROMANESQUE STYLE BY MCKIM, MEAD AND...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • washington s...
    • greenwich village
    • church
    • 1892
    • 1811
    • 1963

    The Human Rights Wall

    Submitted by @radionotesPOD

    Submitted by @radionotesPOD

      Jennings Trail Wakeman House

        Jennings Trail Disbrow Ferry

          West Virginia Coal Miner

          "The West Virginia Coal Miner"In honor and recognition of themen and women who have devoted a career,some a lifetime, towards providing the state,nation and world with low-cost,reliable household...

          "The West Virginia Coal Miner"In honor and recognition of themen and women who have devoted a career,some a lifetime, towards providing the state,nation and world with low-cost,reliable household...

          • charleston
          • state capitol
          • west virginia
          • mining
          • statue

          Andy Griffith & Opie Statue

          the Andy Griffith Showa simpler time • a sweeter placea lesson • a laugha father and a sonPresented by the people of TV LANDby John Bradley JEB

          the Andy Griffith Showa simpler time • a sweeter placea lesson • a laugha father and a sonPresented by the people of TV LANDby John Bradley JEB

          • mayberry
          • opie
          • ron howard
          • north carolina
          • andy griffith
          • sheriff taylor
          • andy taylor
          • mt. airy
          • classic tv

          John Bull Monument

          FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE "JOHN BULL." NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONALMUSEUM AT WASHINGTON. THE...

          FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE "JOHN BULL." NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONALMUSEUM AT WASHINGTON....

          • john bull
          • locomotive
          • bordentown
          • new jersey
          • railroad
          • 1831

          Arnie Jackson & Shimon

            Kooper

              Saint Hubert Parish

              Established 1907byArchbishop Blenk - New OrleansFr. Tessier, first PastorFormer church destroyed 1965Hurricane BetsyNew church built 1967-Fr. ArjonillaHall built 1976-rectory 1980-Fr. Caluda

              Established 1907byArchbishop Blenk - New OrleansFr. Tessier, first PastorFormer church destroyed 1965Hurricane BetsyNew church built 1967-Fr. ArjonillaHall built 1976-rectory 1980-Fr. Caluda

              • louisiana
              • church
              • catholic

              The Story of the Louisiana Iris

              Long ago in the beginning,When the cypress swamps were infants,Grew the iris, blue as heaven,And the russet, of the autumn...Now, they did not grow together,Lake and forest lay between them.Just...

              Long ago in the beginning,When the cypress swamps were infants,Grew the iris, blue as heaven,And the russet, of the autumn...Now, they did not grow together,Lake and forest lay between them.Just...

              • louisiana
              • flower
              • poem

              Pacific Squirrel Temple

              Pacific Squirrel Temple Stadium Rim Way & Centenial Dr. On this spot, the original Pacific Coast temple to the mighty squirrel god Dale, a most loving caregiver deity within the squirrel pantheon....

              Pacific Squirrel Temple Stadium Rim Way & Centenial Dr. On this spot, the original Pacific Coast temple to the mighty squirrel god Dale, a most loving caregiver deity within the squirrel pantheon....

              • dale
              • shadow of her tail
              • eastern gray...

              Dead Indian Hill Summit

                La Castrense

                  Burn Street

                  On 7th January 1860, at a Meeting ofTARBOLTON TOWN COUNCILit was resolved to officially name and number the streets and properties within the Town of Tarbolton.At that time BURN STREET, with 15...

                  On 7th January 1860, at a Meeting ofTARBOLTON TOWN COUNCILit was resolved to officially name and number the streets and properties within the Town of Tarbolton.At that time BURN STREET, with...

                    Die Feldberg- Uckermarkische Seenlandschaft

                      El Santuario de Chimayo