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P.O. Frank Hennessy

IN MEMORY OF P.O. FRANK HENNESSY   THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION & SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE & MERCHANTS OF NEWKIRK PLAZA YOU ARE MISSED   YOUR FRIENDS THE NEWKIRK PLAZA MERCHANTS ASSOC.   Submitted...

IN MEMORY OF P.O. FRANK HENNESSY   THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION & SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE & MERCHANTS OF NEWKIRK PLAZA YOU ARE MISSED   YOUR FRIENDS THE NEWKIRK PLAZA MERCHANTS ASSOC.   Submitted...

  • brooklyn
  • ditmas park
  • newkirk plaza
  • frank hennessy

DeKalb Improvisation

Stephen Johnson DeKalb Improvisation 2004 Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Franz Move of Munich, Inc.   Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit

Stephen Johnson DeKalb Improvisation 2004 Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Franz Move of Munich, Inc. Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit

  • brooklyn
  • downtown brooklyn
  • dekalb avenue
  • stephen johnson
  • art
  • subway
  • mta arts for transit
  • franz move
  • mta

LIU Alumni Gate

ALUMNI GATE   CONTRIBUTED BY THE GRATEFUL ALUMNI OFLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   DEDICATED JUNE 5, 1959

ALUMNI GATE   CONTRIBUTED BY THE GRATEFUL ALUMNI OFLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   DEDICATED JUNE 5, 1959

  • brooklyn
  • downtown brooklyn
  • long island ...
  • university
  • 1959

Fort Greene Historic District

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

  • brooklyn
  • fort greene
  • fort greene park
  • 1855
  • 1875
  • 1848
  • walt whitman
  • 1867
  • frederick la...
  • calvert vaux

Pratt Willoughby Avenue Gate

THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO.   Pratt   Submitted by @lampbane

THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO. Pratt   Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • pratt institute
  • willoughby avenue
  • hiroko nakamoto

Pratt Family House

The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn at...

The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn...

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • pratt institute
  • willoughby avenue
  • hobart a. walker
  • colonial revival
  • elizabethan
  • 1907
  • 2017

Pratt Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate

Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998   Submitted by @lampbane

Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998   Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • pratt institute
  • clinton hill
  • samuel paul ...
  • 1998

Clinton Hill Historic District

CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...

CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • clinton avenue
  • pratt
  • charles pratt
  • italianate
  • french second empire
  • historic district

Dr. George Ryerson Fowler

Clinton Hill Historic District Dr. George Ryerson Fowler Carriage House1889Architect: Rudolph L. Daus1854-1916Dominick Salvati & Co. 1955FounderBrooklyn Anatomical & Surgical...

Clinton Hill Historic District Dr. George Ryerson Fowler Carriage House1889Architect: Rudolph L. Daus1854-1916Dominick Salvati & Co. 1955FounderBrooklyn Anatomical &...

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • george ryers...
  • carriage house
  • clinton hill...
  • 1889
  • 1955
  • 1878
  • 1883

Greedy Williams

Greedy Williams earned first team All-America honors in 2018, helping LSU to a 10-3 record and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. As a freshman in 2017, Williams led the SEC in interceptions with six and...

Greedy Williams earned first team All-America honors in 2018, helping LSU to a 10-3 record and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. As a freshman in 2017, Williams led the SEC in interceptions with six...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Devin Whte

Devin White became LSU's first Butkus Award winner, which is given annually to the top linebacker in college football, in 2018 as he led the Tigers to a 10-3 mark and win in the Fiesta Bowl....

Devin White became LSU's first Butkus Award winner, which is given annually to the top linebacker in college football, in 2018 as he led the Tigers to a 10-3 mark and win in the Fiesta Bowl....

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Grant Delpit

A first team All-American in 2018 and 2019, he claimed the Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football following his junior season in 2019. A three-year starter in the secondary for...

A first team All-American in 2018 and 2019, he claimed the Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football following his junior season in 2019. A three-year starter in the secondary...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Joe Burrow

The most decorated player in school history, Joe Burrow became the first LSU quarterback to earn unanimous All-America honors in 2019. He became only the second player in LSU history to win the...

The most decorated player in school history, Joe Burrow became the first LSU quarterback to earn unanimous All-America honors in 2019. He became only the second player in LSU history to win...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • heisman trophy
  • college

Ja'Marr Chase

Ja'Marr Chase cemented his name as one of the top players in SEC history in 2019, winning the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver and becoming the first wide receiver in LSU history to...

Ja'Marr Chase cemented his name as one of the top players in SEC history in 2019, winning the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver and becoming the first wide receiver in LSU history...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Harry James' Childhood Home

 Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916 in...

 Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916...

  • texas
  • entertainment
  • big band era