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...

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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...

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...

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...

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。 ...

市場原在三元街，四十三年成立。因位在崁頂地區的核心，因此人來人往。在特殊傳統節日時，更是人聲鼎沸、水泄不通。由於需求日增，因此攤位漸漸往汀州路延伸擴展。可惜民國90年左右因三元街拓寬道路，拆掉市集及屋舍，購買者漸往國興市場移動，龍口市場也日益沒落。 「龍口」的由來，當初是因為在今植物園一帶，有臺灣原住民族平埔族「龍匣社」，晚到的漢人在社外、形成漢庄聚落「龍匣口庄」。「龍匣」是平埔族聚落，「龍匣口」...

豐仁藥局是台灣第一家「藥局進行古風改造」的案例，曾在2018年得到「臺北老屋新生大獎」的肯定，當別家藥局一一改裝成明亮新潮的店面時，唯豐仁藥局反其道而行，在店裡擺置許多老物，選擇溫潤內斂的路線。 不同於台中宮原眼科變身為熱門景點等老屋新生案例，豐仁藥局的「新生」並沒有截斷藥局本業的生命線，藥局老闆第二代黃藥師希望能專致於本務，以溫暖的復刻風格融入所處的老社區，並在狹小的老藥局裡騰出一塊空間，希望社...

共243.31平方公尺，包含事務所、講習堂、宿舍。日治時期馬場町戰時興建公共建築的代表，是台北市第一個成立的區會，也是目前台灣唯一指定保存的區會建築。113年啟動為期2年的修復及再利用計畫。 (新永昌社區發展協會提供)

王清塗，崁頂在地人，大家稱呼他為「王仔塗」。他是位從事肉類經營的商人，個性豪爽、親切待人。他的父親「鱸鰻伯」擁有一片約為7、800坪左右的農地，因此一方面也靠耕作為生。 約在民國35-38年期間，受同業誣告吃上官司，幸經法院判決無罪，還給王仔塗清白！因此為感念政府德政，在和父親「鱸鰻伯」商討後，前往當時的「古亭區第七分局(今廈門派出所)」，以象徵性5元代價捐出該地。此事蹟深受各界讚揚，警政署也特別...

福德正神/土地公 『台北崁頂永興宮』主祀《福德正神》又稱《土地公》、《伯公》。相傳建於〈清嘉慶〉年間，距今已兩百多年。當時崁頂一帶皆為田園，諺語說【田頭田尾土地公】，『台北崁頂永興宮』原本是鄉間小廟宇，因為與『台北崁頂永興宮』《福德正神》庇佑農業收成，保護鄉里溫飽，在地鄉民們生活不受旱災洪水之苦，種植農稼或飼養牲畜皆有所得，生活平凡安逸。又因為崁頂庄在1939年設置【馬場町火車站】（1951年改名...

(note: Birkenhead Park referenced on NYC Parks Department Website: Olmsted–Designed Parks : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org) Observing and Absorbing on the Road The urbanization Olmsted witnessed on the ro...

Founded in 1807, the Hunternian is the oldest public museum in Scotland. The Hunternian is home to an extensive, distinguished public art collection, & one of the largest collections outside of th...