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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
Here Alexander Graham Bell transmitted to Thomas Augustus Watson the first complete and intelligible sentence by telephone March 10, 1876 The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and...
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR C T VINTHER J T GIMBEL A H OHMAN BERKELEY PARLOR NO 210 NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SERGEANT JIMMIE H RUTLEDGE END OF WATCH JUNE 16, 1973 HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1988 CITY HALL ANNEX James W. Plachek, Architect 1925 Constructed in 1925 when Berkeley’s population was growing rapidly, this building accommodated...
"The Sons of the American Legion Squadron 65 proudly dedicate this memorial to all those Veterans, past, present and future, who have given of themselves for the United States of America." "We...
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FIANCE J.T. WESLEY SMITH 1930 - 1972 PLANE CRASH AT SEA OUR LOVE IS FOREVER A LOVING SON & FATHER The Sea Island Heritage Society are looking for information about...
The Crooked Tree Crooked tree, the road sign of the Native American Indian. Pointing the direction of the next village, crooked trees, AKA trail trees, marked trails from Canada to Florida.
St. Louis Zoological Park Chain of Lakes Dedicated to the people of St. Louis City and County Who expressed their faith in the Zoo On April 6, 1971, by establishing the Zoo-Museum District...