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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E9Z_history-of-the-hackensack-water-works_Oradell-NY.html
History of the Hackensack Water Works. . . History of the Hackensack Water Works . and Van Buskirk Island in Oradell . The New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company opened on Van Buskirk Island in 1882. The facility supplied the cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1Q_abyssian-200-1808-2008_New-York-NY.html
Abyssian 200 1808-2008 . . The Bicentennial Celebration of The Abyssinian Baptist Church . From 1808-1854, 40 Worth Street was the first location of The Abyssian Baptist Church, the oldest African American Baptist church in New York State. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1E_headquarters_New-York-NY.html
Headquarters . The Western Union Telegraph Co. and telegraph capitol of the world . 1930-1973 var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.getElementById('inscription1').innerHTML = pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0T_finn-square_New-York-NY.html
Finn Square . .1 acre . . In 1919, the widening and extension of Varick Street created a triangular space at Varick's intersection with West Broadway and Franklin Street. The Board of Aldermen (predecessor of the City Council) named the space f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DX1_terrarium_New-York-NY.html
Terrarium. . . Terrarium by Grimanesa Amaros is a permanent, site-specific, public art project located at 54 N. Moore Street in Tribeca, New York City. The function of this 110 year-old building has changed over time from a storage site to a gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DUF_james-bogardus-viewing-garden_New-York-NY.html
James Bogardus Viewing Garden . . James Bogardus (1800-1874) was an architect, engineer and inventor who devised the iron front building and the freestanding iron towers and shot towers that foretold the construction of the skyscraper as a build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DT0_james-bogardus-triangle_New-York-NY.html
James Bogardus Triangle . . James Bogardus (1800-1874) was an architect, engineer and inventor who devised the iron front building and the freestanding iron towers and shot towers that foretold the construction of the skyscraper as a building ty…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DNN_biography-of-dr-sun-yat-sen_New-York-NY.html
Biography of Dr. Sun Yat-sen . Father of the Republic of China . (1866-1925) . . Dr. Sun Yat-sen was born on November 12, 1866 to a Cantonese family in Tsuei-Heng Village, Shiangshan County, Kwangtung Province in China, under the rule of the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DJI_abraham-de-peyster-statue_New-York-NY.html
Abraham De Peyster Statue . Thomas Paine Park . . This impressive bronze statue, created by American sculptor George Edwin Bissell (1839-1920), depicts mayor Abraham De Peyster (1657-1728). Born in New Amsterdam (now known as "Manhattan&qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CN7_lost-new-york-gem_New-York-NY.html
Lost New York Gem. German Winter Garden/Windsor Theatre. . On this site in the mid-1800s, stood the German Winter Garden (aka Volks Garden), a forgotten treasure of mid-19th century New York's Kleindeutschland, then the third most dense concentr…
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