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City of Pleasanton Main Fire Station

    Pleasanton Rotary Park

      In Memory of Jack Pous

        Site of the Pleasanton Cheese Factory 1920-1987 / George Spiliotopoulos 1940-1985

          The Pleasanton Sign

            Veterans Memorial Building, Pleasanton

              GAY 90'S PIZZERIA

              GAY 90'S PIZZERIA HERE STANDS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN PLEASANTON, POSSIBLY AS OLD AS 1864. ORIGINALLY A GENERAL STORE, THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN A BAR, BROTHEL, BANK AND UNOFFICIAL...

              GAY 90'S PIZZERIA HERE STANDS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN PLEASANTON, POSSIBLY AS OLD AS 1864. ORIGINALLY A GENERAL STORE, THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN A BAR, BROTHEL, BANK AND UNOFFICIAL...

                DISCOVERY OF LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE

                It was from this section corner on the morning of Sept. 19, 1844 that a U.S. Government survey party set forth to the south as the original survey of Upper Michigan. The party was under the charge...

                It was from this section corner on the morning of Sept. 19, 1844 that a U.S. Government survey party set forth to the south as the original survey of Upper Michigan. The party was under the charge...

                • iron
                • ore
                • mining
                • michigan
                • negaunee
                • compass
                • survey

                George Spiliotopoulos Water Fountain

                  The Greene Garden

                  ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THROUGH GREENTHUMB - A PROGRAM OF N.Y.C. PARKS AND RECREATION. PROTECTED AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC GARDEN IN 1999 BY THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - A...

                  ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THROUGH GREENTHUMB - A PROGRAM OF N.Y.C. PARKS AND RECREATION. PROTECTED AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC GARDEN IN 1999 BY THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - A...

                  • brooklyn
                  • fort greene
                  • garden
                  • community garden
                  • trust for pu...

                  Greene Garden

                  A MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN QUEENS LAND TRUST A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROTECTING LAND FOR PUBLIC USE OUR GARDEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1993 AND PERMANENTLY PROTECTED IN 1999 BY: THE TRUST for PUBLIC LAND  ...

                  A MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN QUEENS LAND TRUST A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROTECTING LAND FOR PUBLIC USE OUR GARDEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1993 AND PERMANENTLY PROTECTED IN 1999 BY: THE TRUST for PUBLIC LAND...

                  • brooklyn
                  • fort greene
                  • garden
                  • community garden
                  • trust for pu...
                  • brooklyn que...
                  • 1993
                  • 1999

                  LIU Clock Tower

                  The Clock Tower and Chimes Are Made Possible Through the Generosity of European American Bank   Edward Travaglianti Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 1995   Submitted by @lampbane

                  The Clock Tower and Chimes Are Made Possible Through the Generosity of European American Bank Edward Travaglianti Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 1995   Submitted by @lampbane

                  • brooklyn
                  • fort greene
                  • downtown brooklyn
                  • long island ...
                  • edward travaglianti
                  • 1995

                  P.O. Frank Hennessy

                  IN MEMORY OF P.O. FRANK HENNESSY   THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION & SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE & MERCHANTS OF NEWKIRK PLAZA YOU ARE MISSED   YOUR FRIENDS THE NEWKIRK PLAZA MERCHANTS ASSOC.   Submitted...

                  IN MEMORY OF P.O. FRANK HENNESSY   THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION & SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE & MERCHANTS OF NEWKIRK PLAZA YOU ARE MISSED   YOUR FRIENDS THE NEWKIRK PLAZA MERCHANTS ASSOC.   Submitted...

                  • brooklyn
                  • ditmas park
                  • newkirk plaza
                  • frank hennessy

                  DeKalb Improvisation

                  Stephen Johnson DeKalb Improvisation 2004 Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Franz Move of Munich, Inc.   Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit

                  Stephen Johnson DeKalb Improvisation 2004 Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Franz Move of Munich, Inc. Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit

                  • brooklyn
                  • downtown brooklyn
                  • dekalb avenue
                  • stephen johnson
                  • art
                  • subway
                  • mta arts for transit
                  • franz move
                  • mta

                  LIU Alumni Gate

                  ALUMNI GATE   CONTRIBUTED BY THE GRATEFUL ALUMNI OFLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   DEDICATED JUNE 5, 1959

                  ALUMNI GATE   CONTRIBUTED BY THE GRATEFUL ALUMNI OFLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   DEDICATED JUNE 5, 1959

                  • brooklyn
                  • downtown brooklyn
                  • long island ...
                  • university
                  • 1959

                  Fort Greene Historic District

                  NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

                  NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

                  • brooklyn
                  • fort greene
                  • fort greene park
                  • 1855
                  • 1875
                  • 1848
                  • walt whitman
                  • 1867
                  • frederick la...
                  • calvert vaux

                  Pratt Willoughby Avenue Gate

                  THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO.   Pratt   Submitted by @lampbane

                  THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO. Pratt   Submitted by @lampbane

                  • brooklyn
                  • clinton hill
                  • pratt institute
                  • willoughby avenue
                  • hiroko nakamoto

                  Pratt Family House

                  The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn at...

                  The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn...

                  • brooklyn
                  • clinton hill
                  • pratt institute
                  • willoughby avenue
                  • hobart a. walker
                  • colonial revival
                  • elizabethan
                  • 1907
                  • 2017

                  Pratt Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate

                  Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998   Submitted by @lampbane

                  Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998   Submitted by @lampbane

                  • brooklyn
                  • pratt institute
                  • clinton hill
                  • samuel paul ...
                  • 1998

                  Clinton Hill Historic District

                  CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...

                  CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...

                  • brooklyn
                  • clinton hill
                  • clinton avenue
                  • pratt
                  • charles pratt
                  • italianate
                  • french second empire
                  • historic district