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Philadelphia City Hall

CITY HALL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1978 HERITAGE CONSERVATION...

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• pennsylvania

"To the Memory Five of its Members...Who Signed the Declaration of Independence"

TO THE MEMORY OF FIVE OF ITS MEMBERS JAMES WILSON THOMAS McKEAN GEORGE ROSS JOHN WITHERSPOON PHILIP LIVINGSTON WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1776 THE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY...

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Center Square

  The site of this City Hall was originally Center Square, one of the five Squares given by William Penn to the City when he founded Philadelphia.During the Revolution, Regiments of Patriots...

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• city hall
• william penn
• rochambeau
• yorktown
• washington
• cornwallis

Alison Gourdie (Felagie)

These trees were planted in memory of Alison Gourdie who loved this place and the [unclear]   Felagie Cottage is a small house, just outside of Braemar in Scotland, used by the 1st Cults...

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• girl guides
• scotland
• braemar
• trees
• memorial

If You Work Hard Good Things Will Happen

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• petco
• gwynn

A war memorial

The original 'scramble' bell at RAF Kirmington is maintained by the door of it's modern incarnation, Humberside Airport. It is a heartbreaking little memorial that tugs at my strings every time I...

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• defence
• military
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• ww2 relic
• geograph
• raf war memorial
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Ceperley Rounsefell Building (848 W Hastings)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Ceperley Rounsefell Building   Architects: Sharp & Thompson   Built in 1921, this was the headquarters of one of the province’s largest insurance and...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• west hastings street
• ceperley rou...
• 1921

BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines (840 W Hastings)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines   Architect: John C. Day   This was built in 1926 as the corporate offices for the Royal Financial Trust Co., in Classical and...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• west hastings street
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• 1926

Canadian Bank of Commerce Building (448 Granville St)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Canadian Bank of Commerce Building   Architects: Darling and Pearson   In the early 20th century, bank buildings were designed to recall classical temples...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• granville
• birks building
• canadian ban...
• 1906

Credit Foncier Building (850 W Hastings)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Credit Foncier Building   Architects: H.L. Stevens and Company   The Credit Foncier Franco-Canadien Company of Montreal chose this prominent location for...

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• city of vancouver
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• west hastings
• credit fonci...
• 1913

Marine Building (355 Burrard St)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Marine Building   Architects: McCarter & Nairne   Once the tallest building in the British Empire, the Marine Building enjoys a special heritage status as...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• burrard
• marine building
• 1930

The Fraser River (New Westminster)

June 1998   The Canadian Heritage Rivers System   THE FRASER RIVER   Many millions of salmon each year return to the Fraser: more than any other river system in the world. As the longest river...

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• canadian her...
• river market

It's a parade (802 W Hastings)

It’s a Parade   From Vancouver’s earliest years, Hastings Street has been the  venue for thousands of people to come downtown and watch the  elaborate processions and spectacle of the...

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• vancouver he...
• plaque project
• west hastings
• atrium building
• it’s a parade
• starbucks

Meet you under the clock (448 Granville)

“MEET YOU UNDER THE CLOCK”   Since 1907, generations of Vancouverites have arranged  downtown rendezvous with one simple phrase – “meet you under the Birks clock!”   Erected as “a...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage con...
• granville
• birks clock
• 1907
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Honoring the Bill Gilliland Family

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