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Willowtown Community Garden

Welcome Willowtown Community Garden a place apart, where the savors of the season are augmented, where the soul is invited to invite itself Poet Fred Chappell www.willowtown.orgSubmitted by @lampbane

Welcome Willowtown Community Garden a place apart, where the savors of the season are augmented, where the soul is invited to invite itself Poet Fred Chappell www.willowtown.orgSubmitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn heights
  • garden
  • community garden
  • poetry

2-8 Willow Place

"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK" 2-8 WILLOW PLACE THESE DUPLEXES WERE BUILT IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE ABOUT 1847, NOTABLE FEATURES INCLUDE COUPLED PORCHES WITH THEIR CLUSTERED COLONNETTES AND...

"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK" 2-8 WILLOW PLACE THESE DUPLEXES WERE BUILT IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE ABOUT 1847, NOTABLE FEATURES INCLUDE COUPLED PORCHES WITH THEIR CLUSTERED COLONNETTES...

  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn heights
  • willow place
  • gothic revival
  • 1847
  • 1966
  • new york com...

Church of Buhi

    My Irene (Irene and John F. Jones grave)

    MY IRENE YOU WERE THE STARLIGHT IN HEAVEN, YOU WERE THE RAINBOW ABOVE, YOU WERE THE MOON THAT SHONE BRIGHTLY, YOU WERE MY ONLY LOVE, YOU WERE THE STRAIN OF SWEET MUSIC, YOU WERE THE TUNE SONG...

    MY IRENE YOU WERE THE STARLIGHT IN HEAVEN, YOU WERE THE RAINBOW ABOVE, YOU WERE THE MOON THAT SHONE BRIGHTLY, YOU WERE MY ONLY LOVE, YOU WERE THE STRAIN OF SWEET MUSIC, YOU WERE THE TUNE...

    • grave
    • woodlawn cemetery
    • cemetery
    • poetry
    • poem
    • love

    Ribbed Mussels

    Coney Island CreekwalkRibbed MusselsRibbed Mussels are found in dense clusters attached at the base of salt marsh spartina plants growing along the banks of Coney Island Creek. The mussels are...

    Coney Island CreekwalkRibbed MusselsRibbed Mussels are found in dense clusters attached at the base of salt marsh spartina plants growing along the banks of Coney Island Creek. The mussels...

    • mussels
    • shellfish
    • nature
    • coney island creek
    • calvert vaux park
    • park

    Sand Dunes

    Before settlement in the 1820s, Coney Island was a barrier island composed of tall, stable sand dunes, some so large that they were used as navigational aids by Mariners approaching New York...

    Before settlement in the 1820s, Coney Island was a barrier island composed of tall, stable sand dunes, some so large that they were used as navigational aids by Mariners approaching New...

    • park
    • natural
    • sand dunes
    • coney island
    • coney island creek

    The Birdsall House

    Near this spot during the Revolutionary War stood The Birdsall HouseA popular hostelry patronized byGeneral George Washingtonon his frequent visits to Peekskilland vicinity as Commander in Chief...

    Near this spot during the Revolutionary War stood The Birdsall HouseA popular hostelry patronized byGeneral George Washingtonon his frequent visits to Peekskilland vicinity as Commander in...

    • revolutionary war
    • george washington
    • colonial
    • colonial era

    Battle of Brooklyn

    Coney Island CreekwalkBattle of BrooklynIn the summer of 1776, an invasion force of 32,000 troops aboard a British naval fleet of 400 ships was anchored off Staten Island, poised for an attack on...

    Coney Island CreekwalkBattle of BrooklynIn the summer of 1776, an invasion force of 32,000 troops aboard a British naval fleet of 400 ships was anchored off Staten Island, poised for an attack on...

    • revolutionary war
    • george washington
    • colonial
    • colonial era
    • battle of brooklyn
    • gravesend

    Historic Marker of Battle Pass

    HISTORIC MARKER OF BATTLE PASS AT THIS POINT THE OLD PORTE ROAD OR VALLEY GROVE ROAD INTERSECTED THE LINE OF HILLS SEPARATING FLATBUSH FROM BROOKLYN AND GOWANUS. IN THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND,...

    HISTORIC MARKER OF BATTLE PASS AT THIS POINT THE OLD PORTE ROAD OR VALLEY GROVE ROAD INTERSECTED THE LINE OF HILLS SEPARATING FLATBUSH FROM BROOKLYN AND GOWANUS. IN THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND,...

    • revolutionary war
    • colonial
    • colonial era
    • battle of brooklyn
    • prospect park
    • flatbush

    Queens Time Capsule

    BENEATH THIS MARKER IS A TIME CAPSULE INSTALLED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRICENTENNIAL OF QUEENS COUNTY TO BE OPENED IN 100 YEARSDEDICATED NOVEMBER 1 1983 DONALD R. MANES QUEENS BOROUGH...

    BENEATH THIS MARKER IS A TIME CAPSULE INSTALLED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRICENTENNIAL OF QUEENS COUNTY TO BE OPENED IN 100 YEARSDEDICATED NOVEMBER 1 1983 DONALD R. MANES QUEENS...

    • time capsule
    • queens
    • donald r. manes
    • queens county

    Pedro (Pete) Manas Track

    Pedro (Pete) Manas Track:  Honors the athletic achievement and memory of Pedro Matias Garcia (1914-88) Orland High School Class of 1934, National Record Holder in the Football Throw 218 feet 8...

    Pedro (Pete) Manas Track:  Honors the athletic achievement and memory of Pedro Matias Garcia (1914-88) Orland High School Class of 1934, National Record Holder in the Football Throw 218 feet 8...

    • national rec...

    We Build

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

      Site of Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp

      Here from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence...

      Here from 1862 to 1864, camped Colonel A. W. Spaight's Battalion, 2nd Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, composed of soldiers from Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties. Their presence...

      • texas
      • civil war
      • confederate
      • jefferson county

      The Opelousas Post Militia of 1779

      In late August of 1779, men of the Opelousas Post Militia left from this place to join other militia units to attack British forces in the lower Mississippi Valley. They crossed the Atchafalaya...

      In late August of 1779, men of the Opelousas Post Militia left from this place to join other militia units to attack British forces in the lower Mississippi Valley. They crossed the...

      • louisiana
      • revolutionary war
      • st. landry parish

      Rock Island Baptist Church

      Rock Island Baptist Church in 1910, a small group of Christians (known as the Sixth Street Baptist Church) began worshiping in Port Arthur. The following year, in 1911, the Rock Island Baptist...

      Rock Island Baptist Church in 1910, a small group of Christians (known as the Sixth Street Baptist Church) began worshiping in Port Arthur. The following year, in 1911, the Rock Island...

      • texas
      • church
      • religion
      • jefferson county