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Saint Andre

    Just Lower the Road

    "Just Lower the Road  |  Marie E. Sera  |  November 12, 2013". It was hot and noisy I just wanted to keep walking. The sign for this train bridge registered in my periphery and a number of steps...

    "Just Lower the Road  |  Marie E. Sera  |  November 12, 2013". It was hot and noisy I just wanted to keep walking. The sign for this train bridge registered in my periphery and a number of steps...

    • lower the road
    • aurora
    • colorado
    • 2013

    San Francisco Selective Service Induction Center

      Commodore Dewey's Squadron

        Andrew S. Hallidie

        ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN SONG,...

        ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN...

        • cable car
        • hallidie

        Mount Gambier Hoo Hoo Club No 214

        • 1966
        • hoo hoo
        • look-out
        • mount gambier
        • national timber week

        Statehood Tree

        Submitted by @bthubbard

        Submitted by @bthubbard

          Whiskey Row

          WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

          WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

            Carmel Ocean Avenue Median Design

              Piccadilly Park

                Piccadilly Park

                Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save this...

                Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save...

                  Arcata Community Forest

                  Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

                  Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

                    The Frank Lloyd Bench

                    Submitted by Darren Platt

                    Submitted by Darren Platt

                    • beach master
                    • mayor pro-tem

                    William Randolph Hearst

                      Kenneth B. Glover

                      In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and their...

                      In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and...

                      • environment
                      • activism
                      • streams

                      Benicia Capital of California

                        Memorial Union Walkway Dedication

                        These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                        These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                        • oregon state...
                        • memorial union
                        • walkway
                        • sidewalk
                        • oregon
                        • corvallis
                        • benton county
                        • alma mater

                        Devils Gate Dam

                        HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH. THE...

                        HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH....

                          The Bohn Building

                            Elizabeth Cromwell

                            NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                            NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell