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Louvre Hotel

Louvre Hotel Built in 1889, the building took the Louvre name in 1897 with its manager promoting the only circular bar in the province and suggested the customers “call in and lubricate”. Today,...

Louvre Hotel Built in 1889, the building took the Louvre name in 1897 with its manager promoting the only circular bar in the province and suggested the customers “call in and lubricate”. Today,...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building
  • gastown
  • hotel

BC Permanent Building

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING BC Permanent Building Architects: Hooper & Watkins This small-scale, well executed example of Neoclassical revival design dates from 1907, when the city’s...

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING BC Permanent Building Architects: Hooper & Watkins This small- scale, well executed example of Neoclassical revival design dates from 1907, when the...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building

London Building

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING London Building Architects: Somervell & Putnam This fine Edwardian Commercial building was finished in 1912 for the London and British North America Company,...

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING London Building Architects: Somervell & Putnam This fine Edwardian Commercial building was finished in 1912 for the London and British North America...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building

Steam Clock

There are plaques on each side of the base of the clock.   North side: The Gastown Steam Clock Designed and built by  Raymond L. Saunders  Horologist The world’s first steam powered clock has been...

There are plaques on each side of the base of the clock.   North side: The Gastown Steam Clock Designed and built by  Raymond L. Saunders  Horologist The world’s first steam powered clock has been...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • steam clock
  • gastown

Terry Fox statue

Terrance Stanley Fox, C.C. July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981 “All you need is will, you don’t have to be gifted, and your dreams will come through if you try”   Photo of the statue:...

Terrance Stanley Fox, C.C. July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981 “All you need is will, you don’t have to be gifted, and your dreams will come through if you try”   Photo of the...

  • port coquitlam
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • art
  • sculpture
  • terry fox

May Days mural

This mural commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the May Days celebration in Port Coquitlam, the only surviving celebration of its kind in the Province of British Columbia. Depicted here is the...

This mural commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the May Days celebration in Port Coquitlam, the only surviving celebration of its kind in the Province of British Columbia. Depicted here is...

  • port coquitlam
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • art
  • mural
  • may day

The Drop

Thrust into the waters of Burrard Inlet, The Drop playfully invites the viewer to reflect on our relationship with this precious commodity of water, and by extension, on the history, complexity...

Thrust into the waters of Burrard Inlet, The Drop playfully invites the viewer to reflect on our relationship with this precious commodity of water, and by extension, on the history, complexity...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • art
  • the drop
  • rain
  • canada place

Builders

Builders Joyce McDonald A gift to the city of Vancouver to commemorate its Centennial from Bank of Montreal Centennial Sculpture Symposium 1986     Photo of the statue: http://imgur.com/RCagdg8....

Builders Joyce McDonald A gift to the city of Vancouver to commemorate its Centennial from Bank of Montreal Centennial Sculpture Symposium 1986   Photo of the statue:...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • art
  • sculpture
  • builders

The Palomar

BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Historic Venue The Palomar Nightclub 1937 – 1952     Photo of the original building: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45379817@N08/5367166125 (City of Vancouver Archives...

BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Historic Venue The Palomar Nightclub 1937 – 1952     Photo of the original building: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4 5379817@N08/5367166125 (City of Vancouver...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building
  • nightclub

Hotel Vancouver

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Hotel Vancouver Architects: John S. Archibald & John Schofield In 1887, the first Hotel Vancouver opened at Georgia and Granville Streets. It was replaced in...

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Hotel Vancouver Architects: John S. Archibald & John Schofield In 1887, the first Hotel Vancouver opened at Georgia and Granville Streets. It was replaced in...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building
  • hotel vancouver
  • hotel
  • royal

The Ueltschey Tannery

  Another reference to the tannery is here. Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.  

  Another reference to the tannery is here. Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

  • tannery
  • civil war
  • ginning
  • milling
  • nathan springs
  • switzerland
  • texas
  • mexican war

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • church
  • african
  • methodist
  • st. paul
  • episcopal
  • 1933
  • 1953
  • 1974
  • elliott
  • hall
  • bryant
  • washington
  • brown

North Berkeley Library

NORTH BRANCH BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY  James W. Plachek, Architect 1936  North Branch Library is one of Berkeley's many civic buildings by James Plachek, including the Central Library (1930), the...

NORTH BRANCH BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY  James W. Plachek, Architect 1936  North Branch Library is one of Berkeley's many civic buildings by James Plachek, including the Central Library (1930), the...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • plachek

Whose Bench of Friendship

IN HONOR OF THE BLACKSMITHS OF THE KOVGARD FORGE IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS OF RUSSIA, WHOSE BENCH OF FRIENDSHIP, GIVEN TO THE LAKES REGION, IS A WORK OF ART, COURAGE, AND CONVICTION: THE CONVICTION...

IN HONOR OF THE BLACKSMITHS OF THE KOVGARD FORGE IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS OF RUSSIA, WHOSE BENCH OF FRIENDSHIP, GIVEN TO THE LAKES REGION, IS A WORK OF ART, COURAGE, AND CONVICTION: THE CONVICTION...

  • bench
  • russia
  • new hampshire
  • 2007
  • kovgard forge

The Village Pillory

[Location approximate]  Submitted by @pompeygeorge .

[Location approximate]  Submitted by @pompeygeorge .

  • portchester
  • pillory
  • england

Het Waterhuisje

IN MEMORY OF JAMES VAN DE LUYSTER AND THE EARLY SETTLERS OF LEELAND, VRIESLAND AND DRENTHE "Het Waterhuisje" These sturdy, God-fearing pioneers came from the Netherlands and in June 1847 landed...

IN MEMORY OF JAMES VAN DE LUYSTER AND THE EARLY SETTLERS OF LEELAND, VRIESLAND AND DRENTHE "Het Waterhuisje" These sturdy, God-fearing pioneers came from the Netherlands and in June 1847...

  • 16 rods east...
  • michigan
  • holland
  • luyster
  • log house
  • bark roof

The Van Raalte Farm

In 1847 Holland's founder, the Reverend Alburtis C. Van Raalte, purchased this property from the federal government for $2.32 an acre. When his son Benjamin return from the Civil War in 1865, Van...

In 1847 Holland's founder, the Reverend Alburtis C. Van Raalte, purchased this property from the federal government for $2.32 an acre. When his son Benjamin return from the Civil War in 1865,...

  • michigan
  • raalte
  • farm
  • civil war
  • reimold
  • hollnd

1905 Allis Chambers Corliss Steam Engine

1905 ALLIS CHALMERS CORLISS STEAM ENGINE BUSH & LANE PIANO CO1905 - 1929 BAKER FURNITURE CO1933 - 1956 IN RECOGNITION OF HOLLAND'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 

1905 ALLIS CHALMERS CORLISS STEAM ENGINE BUSH & LANE PIANO CO1905 - 1929 BAKER FURNITURE CO1933 - 1956 IN RECOGNITION OF HOLLAND'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 

  • michigan
  • steam
  • engine
  • steam engine
  • corliss
  • allis
  • chalmers
  • 1905
  • piano
  • furniture

Graafschap Christian Reformed Church

Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte. In June of that year...

Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte. In June of that year...

  • michigan
  • graafschap
  • holland
  • drente
  • dutch
  • netherlands
  • chruch

Mount Whitney, Elevation 14,496.11 Ft.

Submitted by @nougat_inside 

Submitted by @nougat_inside 

  • california
  • trail
  • mt whitney
  • whitney
  • highest