This self managed affordable coop has a great little gallery, birds in the backyard, artifacts in the cellar. Open weekends and events, see bulletspace.org

Kirn gardens is a welcome green space leading down to beautiful shingle beach. Historically the gardens contained a public toilet, and the beach hosted a local cafe (Reggies) that attracted visitors t...

Managed by Argyll and Bute Council, Dunoon Cemetery sits on the edge of the town centre close to family housing and the town’s more industrial zone (Hamilton Street). The cemetery is culturally signif...

According to Historic Scotland, Dunoon Pier is ‘the best surviving example of a timber ferry pier in Scotland.’  Owned by Argyll and Bute Council, this Grade A listed structure is a nationally im...

Dunoon Burgh Hall is a cultural venue and arts facility managed by a local trust and charity. The historic Grade B listed building located on Argyll Street reopened in 2017 following extensive refurbi...

A cultural park designed for the interplay of nature, art, science and history - it's seasonal! Please check the website for the schedule, including Arm of the Sea Theater, at armofthesea.org/the...

Grand Central Terminal, a historic transportation hub and architectural marvel, faces unique waste management challenges due to its 750,000 daily commuters and visitors. The constant flow of travelers...

Everyone can view the garden, year round! The composting areas are active all the time, providing soil for spring planting. There are several birds and squirrels living at Siempre Verde, too, as well ...

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Campbeltown Town Hall is a prominent civic building located in the heart of Campbeltown, a town on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.  Built in 1760-1762 and designed by John Bro...

Welcome to the Fossil Grove in Glasgow, Scotland A unique earth heritage site with eleven fossil tree stumps from the Carboniferous Period. They are about 330 million years old, and are preserved wher...

James Ewing owned the Taylor's Caymanas estate in Jamaica, located in the parish of St. Catherine. This property included 286 enslaved people. He held numerous other investments that resulted in a sub...

At the foot of Ferry Brae on Dunoon's high street is a pharmacy. The same premises have been continually used as a Pharmacy since 1868, when Chemist George Stirling located himself to this purpose-bui...

This map location—Castle House—is an impressive villa built in 1822 as a summer house for James Ewing Esquire of Strathleven. The imposing Gothic-style building, situated near the ancient Dunoon Castl...

The sugar and slave trade played a pivotal role in the adoption of rhubarb hybrids as a garden and farm-grown crop in Britain. During the 1800s, British cultivation of rhubarb increased significantly ...

Robert Alexander Bryden, Architect (1841–1906), was born in Glasgow and educated at Arthur’s Academy, Dunoon, and Kirkcaldy Grammar School. Apprenticed to Clarke & Bell, he was listed in The Glasg...

In China, people have selectively used the roots of rhubarb species to treat illnesses for thousands of years, long before we started growing and cooking the stalks of rhubarb. The rhubarb we know tod...

The Haus der Statistik, a vast 1968-built complex near Alexanderplatz, once decayed and empty for over a decade, is now a beacon of community-led urban renewal. Activists turned planners, frustrated b...

Terrific music venue in a historic building, nublu is a mainstay - nublu.netThis is where the sanitary small glass milk bottles were first made for schoolkids to prevent milk-borne illnesses. ...

1 block from Ave C between East 7th and East 10th is the historic and always convivial Tompkins Square Park. Amazing music & community scene here. The Viele Map (1867) reveals the extent of the sa...

"Kenkeleba House is a non-profit art gallery dedicated to celebrating and presenting the visual aesthetic and cultural legacy of African American artists and other artists of color"   kenkel...

崁頂庄永義宮池府王爺 永義宮和永興宮兩座廟已經分別有百年以上的歷史 ,廟內的裝飾都用木刻雕畫 色彩綾紛,美極了.充份表現濃厚的文化 。 永義官主神是池府王爺,永興宫是供奉土地公,為崁頂居民所信奉、所崇拜\所信仰 ,已經有好幾代了。 永義官也是呆佑之神:例如在1945年5月31號: 美軍飛台北大轟炸,一大群B29飛機猛烈蕃炸，日本政府成為無政府狀態.無力反抗.任其轟炸.死傷慘重 ,崁頂居民託永義[...

「漳州街警察新村」為民國49年興建完成之警察宿舍，包含了中華路二段409巷5弄、7弄、15弄、17弄。其中17弄為二層樓20戶之建物，經考證為臺灣鮮見的「單身」宿舍，空間設有採光天井、浴缸等，可見興建時，設計者對居民生活環境、便利性、舒適性的體貼。 在105年最後一位住戶搬遷後，陳玟如里長數次辦理會勘，極力向市政府爭取建物活化，可惜相關單位最後仍決議要改造為機車停車場，並於107年進行拆除。 ...