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Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgement

  • sfo

Cultural Crossroads

    Heffernan Street Footbridge

      Robot Unionization

      On this spot, May 3rd, 2037, the first robot uprising that led to the unionization of autonomous machines. Street sweeper drone unit VK-68-4104H independently stopped its cleaning subroutine and...

      On this spot, May 3rd, 2037, the first robot uprising that led to the unionization of autonomous machines. Street sweeper drone unit VK-68-4104H independently stopped its cleaning subroutine and...

      • robot
      • union
      • robot uprising

      Latin Mockup

      [Found on sidewalk in front of a Berkeley library branch] On this spot, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit etc.

      [Found on sidewalk in front of a Berkeley library branch] On this spot, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit etc.

      • lorem ipsum
      • library

      West Berkeley Train Horns

      [Sitting on a bike path] On this spot, if you listen closely, you can hear the long horn blasts of passing trains in the distance. They sound their horn not out of safety or being required by law...

      [Sitting on a bike path] On this spot, if you listen closely, you can hear the long horn blasts of passing trains in the distance. They sound their horn not out of safety or being required by law...

      • trains
      • humor
      • funny

      Island of Refuge

        Honoring Brian Kemble

          Marcheta Bowdle

            Vashon Island - Dockton - Agriculture

            "We got 60 cents per flat for currants and U cents a flat for raspberries. You turned your ticket in at the general store owned at that time by Mr. and Mrs. Berry." - John Friars AGRICULTURE [8]...

            "We got 60 cents per flat for currants and U cents a flat for raspberries. You turned your ticket in at the general store owned at that time by Mr. and Mrs. Berry." - John Friars AGRICULTURE...

            • vashon island
            • maury island
            • agriculture
            • dockton

            Vashon - Dockton - The Dockton Store

            THE DOCKTON STORE [9] "Toward the back of the store there was a large round wood-stove. It was quite often the gathering place. On a cold day we would all warm up by the stove before venturing on...

            THE DOCKTON STORE [9] "Toward the back of the store there was a large round wood-stove. It was quite often the gathering place. On a cold day we would all warm up by the stove before venturing...

            • vashon island
            • maury island
            • the dockton store
            • dockton

            Performance Pest Management

              Rancho Los Putos

                Pena Adobe Park

                  Lagoon Valley

                  • edwin markham

                  Celiron-- Birthplace of Lucy

                  Plaque is located in a lakefront park where there are two sculptures of Lucille Ball, one notoriously known as “Ugly Lucy.” Lucy grew up in Celeron. The plaque location was once an amusement park....

                  Plaque is located in a lakefront park where there are two sculptures of Lucille Ball, one notoriously known as “Ugly Lucy.” Lucy grew up in Celeron. The plaque location was once an amusement park....

                  • jamestown-ce...

                  Celiron War Memorial and Amusement Park Memorial

                  Plaque is located in a lakefront park where there are two sculptures of Lucille Ball, one notoriously known as “Ugly Lucy.” Lucy grew up in Celeron. The plaque location was once an amusement park....

                  Plaque is located in a lakefront park where there are two sculptures of Lucille Ball, one notoriously known as “Ugly Lucy.” Lucy grew up in Celeron. The plaque location was once an amusement park....

                  • jamestown
                  • celoron
                  • lucy
                  • lucille ball

                  William Gordon Huff

                  • ecf

                  Asociación de Scouts - Colonia Roma

                  Translated plaque text: Scouts Association of Mexico, A.C. Lord Robert Stephenson Smith Baden Powell of Gilwell. 1857-1941 Founder of Scouting and World Chief Scout. - Original plaque text:...

                  Translated plaque text: Scouts Association of Mexico, A.C. Lord Robert Stephenson Smith Baden Powell of Gilwell. 1857-1941 Founder of Scouting and World Chief Scout. - Original plaque...

                  • scouts
                  • mexico
                  • cdmx

                  In Memory of the Patriots

                  IN MEMORY OF THE PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHO LIE BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD HEZEKIAH DAVIS PHILIP PELL GEORGE HAMILTON COMFORT SANDS CAPTAIN THEODOSIUS FOWLER LIEUTENANT DANIEL SEARING...

                  IN MEMORY OF THE PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHO LIE BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD HEZEKIAH DAVIS PHILIP PELL GEORGE HAMILTON COMFORT SANDS CAPTAIN THEODOSIUS FOWLER LIEUTENANT DANIEL SEARING...

                  • new york
                  • mount vernon
                  • church
                  • george hamilton
                  • philip pell
                  • charles turnbull
                  • samuel pell
                  • dar
                  • american revolution
                  • american rev...
                  • 1924