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Domino Park

This park is dedicated to the diversity and resiliency of the Domino Sugar Refinery workers and their neighborhood. Domino Park is proud to welcome the entire Williamsburg community to this...

This park is dedicated to the diversity and resiliency of the Domino Sugar Refinery workers and their neighborhood. Domino Park is proud to welcome the entire Williamsburg community to...

  • brooklyn
  • williamsburg
  • domino park
  • park

John Muir, Foster Son of Wisconsin

JOHN MUIR FOSTER SON OF WISCONSIN BORN IN SCOTLAND APRIL 21. 1838 HE CAME TO AMERICA AS A LAD OF ELEVEN, SPENT HIS TEEN YEARS IN HARD WORK CLEARING THE FARM ACROSS THIS LAKE, CARVING OUT A HOME IN...

JOHN MUIR FOSTER SON OF WISCONSIN BORN IN SCOTLAND APRIL 21. 1838 HE CAME TO AMERICA AS A LAD OF ELEVEN, SPENT HIS TEEN YEARS IN HARD WORK CLEARING THE FARM ACROSS THIS LAKE, CARVING OUT A HOME...

    Spirit of Harlem

    SPIRIT OF HARLEM ARTIST: LOUIS DEL SARTE MOSAIC: FRANZ MAYER OF MUNICH, INC. ARCHITECT: SOFFES WOOD ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS COMMISSIONED FOR THE PEOPLE OF HARLEM BY NORTH FORK BANK 2005 RESTORED...

    SPIRIT OF HARLEM ARTIST: LOUIS DEL SARTE MOSAIC: FRANZ MAYER OF MUNICH, INC. ARCHITECT: SOFFES WOOD ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS COMMISSIONED FOR THE PEOPLE OF HARLEM BY NORTH FORK BANK 2005...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • harlem
    • art
    • louis del sarte
    • franz mayer
    • 2005
    • 2018

    E 125th Street, Looking West from Second Avenue

    Photo by Edwin Levick, Circa 1910 Courtesy U.S. History and Geneology DivisionNew York Public Library Submitted by @lampbane

    Photo by Edwin Levick, Circa 1910 Courtesy U.S. History and Geneology DivisionNew York Public Library Submitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • harlem
    • photo
    • art
    • subway
    • edwin levick
    • 1910

    Four Rivers of Life

    Restored through the Generous Support ofScenic Hudson in Memory of KATHRYN WASSERMAN DAVIS2018

    Restored through the Generous Support ofScenic Hudson in Memory of KATHRYN WASSERMAN DAVIS2018

    • yonkers
    • untermyer park
    • park
    • kathryn wass...
    • 2018

    Pergola restored in honor of Jane Wylie Genth

    Pergola restoredin honor of Jane Wylie GenthA wonderful friend Submitted by @lampbane

    Pergola restoredin honor of Jane Wylie GenthA wonderful friend Submitted by @lampbane

    • yonkers
    • untermyer park
    • jane wylie genth
    • park
    • 2021

    Priscilla Upton Byrns Grotto

    This grotto is dedicated to the memory of Priscilla Upton Byrns whose love of gardens inspired her son, Stephen2019

    This grotto is dedicated to the memory of Priscilla Upton Byrns whose love of gardens inspired her son, Stephen2019

    • yonkers
    • untermyer park
    • priscilla up...
    • 2019

    Hartland Covered Bridge

    Submitted by @bthubbard

    Submitted by @bthubbard

      Edmonton Brewing and Malting Company

      Submitted by @lauxmyth

      Submitted by @lauxmyth

        Hotel Del Monte

          George A. Romero

            Home of Dashiell Hammett and Sam Spade

            Submitted by @shanand

            Submitted by @shanand

              John Steinbeck

                KOMAGATA MARU

                KOMAGATA MARU 75TH ANNIVERSARY ON MAY 23, 1914, 376 BRITISH SUBJECTS (12 HINDUS, 24 MUSLIMS, AND 340 SIKHS) OF INDIAN ORIGIN ARRIVED IN VANCOUVER HARBOUR ABOARD THE KOMAGATA MARU, SEEKING TO ENTER...

                KOMAGATA MARU 75TH ANNIVERSARY ON MAY 23, 1914, 376 BRITISH SUBJECTS (12 HINDUS, 24 MUSLIMS, AND 340 SIKHS) OF INDIAN ORIGIN ARRIVED IN VANCOUVER HARBOUR ABOARD THE KOMAGATA MARU, SEEKING TO...

                  Puertocito de la Piedra Lumbre

                    Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse

                    REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY ROUNDHOUSE AURORA, ILLINOIS 1866 - 1974 THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION FACILITY...

                    REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY ROUNDHOUSE AURORA, ILLINOIS 1866 - 1974 THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION FACILITY...

                      Friends of the Bells

                        Casa de las Siete Chimeneas

                          Christian Krohg

                          Submitted by @caddickbrown

                          Submitted by @caddickbrown

                            Hoover Dam and Lake Mead