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Dedicated NYC Plaque

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • south street seaport
  • nyc
  • jack curry

Fulton Market

Technically not a historical plaque, but that's a great-looking fish! Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Technically not a historical plaque, but that's a great-looking fish! Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • south street seaport
  • nyc
  • jack curry

James Watson House / Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • financial district
  • nyc
  • jack curry

The First Edison Underground Central Station System

1882    1917 IN A BUILDING ON THIS SITE AN ELECTRIC PLANT SUPPLYING THE FIRST EDISON UNDERGROUND CENTRAL STATION SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY AND FORMING THE ORIGIN OF NEW YORK'S PRESENT ELECTRICAL...

1882    1917 IN A BUILDING ON THIS SITE AN ELECTRIC PLANT SUPPLYING THE FIRST EDISON UNDERGROUND CENTRAL STATION SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY AND FORMING THE ORIGIN OF NEW YORK'S PRESENT ELECTRICAL...

  • dedicatednyc
  • financial district
  • nyc
  • jack curry
  • edison
  • electrical

Former Residence of Thomas Jefferson

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • financial district
  • nyc
  • jack curry

This Historical Lampost

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • greenwich village
  • washington s...
  • nyc
  • jack curry
  • edison

The Weitz & Lexenberg Building

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • greenwich village
  • nyc
  • jack curry

The Restoration of Grand Central Terminal

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

  • dedicatednyc
  • midtown
  • grand central
  • nyc
  • jack curry

Shattuck Hotel

  • berkeley
  • california
  • shattuck
  • hotel

Canchanchara

There is a very old bar in Trinidad (opened in 1731), that serves a very old drink, called Canchanchara.  The bar goes by the same name, and has the recipe for the drink on the wall.    Submitted...

There is a very old bar in Trinidad (opened in 1731), that serves a very old drink, called Canchanchara.  The bar goes by the same name, and has the recipe for the drink on the wall.    Submitted...

  • cuba
  • trinidad
  • bar
  • 1731

Marmaduke Rawdon's fountain

The plaque reads: "In the year 1657 Marmaduke Rawdon had placed near this spot in the garden of his new house, a fine ornamental fountain fed by water piped from 'goddess Well Acre' on the high...

The plaque reads: "In the year 1657 Marmaduke Rawdon had placed near this spot in the garden of his new house, a fine ornamental fountain fed by water piped from 'goddess Well Acre' on the...

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St. Joseph Catholic Church

The Catholic Church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy, and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years.  The present brick edifice,...

The Catholic Church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy, and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years.  The present brick...

    Bouwerie Lane Theatre / Bond Street Savings Bank

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • east village
    • henry engelbert
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Duarte Square Park

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • greenwich village
    • juan pablo duarte
    • juan pablo d...
    • dominican republic
    • república dominicana
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Former New York Mercantile Exchange Building

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • tribeca
    • new york mer...
    • thomas r. jackson
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Public drinking fountain in America's first Fair Trade Town

    Submitted by @OWTK via https://twitter.com/OWTK/status/670349766363095041

    Submitted by @OWTK via https://twitter.com/OWTK/st atus/670349766363095041

    • fountain
    • water fountain
    • drinking fountain

    Church of the Immaculate Conception

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    Plaque via Jack Curry's site Dedicated NYC. Original page here.

    • east village
    • j. stewart barney
    • church of th...
    • dedicatednyc
    • nyc
    • jack curry

    Berlin Wall Panels

    The period after the Second World War divided Western Democratic and Eastern Communist political ideologies by what was known as the Iron Curtain, which stretched from the Baltic to the Black...

    The period after the Second World War divided Western Democratic and Eastern Communist political ideologies by what was known as the Iron Curtain, which stretched from the Baltic to the Black...

    • berlin wall
    • mountain view
    • california
    • bay area
    • cold war

    WROX Radio

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • mississippi
    • wrox
    • wright
    • ike turner

    Olivier Plantation

    OLIVIER PLANTATION After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898,...

    OLIVIER PLANTATION After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898,...

    • lousiana
    • plantation
    • postmaster
    • sugar