A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Friends of The Furness Railroad District

Friends of The Furness Railroad District Friends of the Furness Railroad District, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 to celebrate the Wilmington Amtrak Station's 100th...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • railroad
  • trains
  • 2007

Spike Lee Cinema

SPIKE LEE CINEMA Like many of the greatest films over the past 40 years, this theater is a Spike Lee Joint. From his nuanced portrayals of Brooklyn life in DO THE RIGHT THING and CROOKLYN to...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • downtown brooklyn
  • spike lee
  • movies
  • cinema
  • alamo drafthouse
  • 2024

Water's Edge

Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • winterthur
  • botanical garden
  • enchanted woods

S-s-serpentine Path

S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • winterthur
  • botanical garden
  • enchanted woods

East Terrace

East Terrace When Henry Francis du Pont expanded the house in the late 1920s, he resolved to preserve as many of the site's fine old tulip- poplar and American beeches as possible. Working with...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • winterthur
  • botanical garden
  • henry franci...
  • 1920s

The Entrance to the Garden

The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • winterthur
  • botanical garden
  • alfred bissell
  • julia andrew...

Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority

BURTON V. WILMINGTON PARKING AUTHORITY In August 1958, Wilmington City Councilman and Civil Rights activist William "Dutch" Burton worked with the NAACP to expose the racially...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • william burton
  • naacp
  • 1961
  • 2018

Thomas Garrett: Stationmaster on the Underground Railroad

THOMAS GARRETT STATIONMASTER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Born August 21, 1789, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Garrett came to Wilmington in 1822. A prominent merchant, his home and business...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • thomas garrett
  • 1789
  • 1822
  • 1848
  • 1871
  • 1993

Old Farmers Bank

OLD FARMERS BANK On February 4, 1807, the General Assembly of the State of Delaware passed an act modeled after the charter of the Bank of the United States "to establish a Bank... under the name...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • bank
  • 1807
  • 1813
  • 1835
  • 1906
  • 1915
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2006

Delaware's Jewish Community

DELAWARE'S JEWISH COMMUNITY This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • jewish
  • 1650s
  • 1870s
  • 1880
  • 1885
  • 2004

Freedom Lost

FREEDOM LOST By the late 1700s the institution of slavery was declining in Delaware and there was a dramatic growth in the state's free black population. Demand for slave labor in the Deep South...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • 1700s
  • 2004

Second Avenue Subway Construction Management Committee

MTA Second Avenue Subway Construction Management Committee Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor, New York State Thomas F. Prendergast, Chairman and CEO, ΜΤΑ Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President, MTA...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • upper east side
  • second avenue subway
  • mta
  • andrew cuomo
  • thomas prendergast
  • 2016

The Freedom Lots: Nineteenth-Century African-American Burial Practices in Brooklyn

THE FREEDOM LOTS Nineteenth-Century African- American Burial Practices in Brooklyn n the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this section I of the Cemetery was known as "The Colored Lots."...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • green-wood cemetery
  • african-american
  • black
  • 1827
  • 1865

J. A. (Jay) Patterson Memorial

This project by the Gonzales Rotary Club, of which "Jay" was a charter member, is in recognition of his love nd support of East Ascension Athletics. Jay's most memorable quote - "Its For The...

  • louisiana
  • ascension parish
  • rotary club

Rachel Benepe

GMP SECURITIES L.P. IN MEMORY OF RACHEL BΕΝΕΡΕ Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn bot...
  • rachel benepe