HISTORY: Originally built in 1652 & converted to a Tavern in 1673. In 1708 the Tavern became the “birthplace of the businessman’s lunch” as city councilors dined & charged meals to the public treasury.
535 W 116th St (Columbia University), New York, NY
Üniversite İdare Binası · West Harlem · 13 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: Low Memorial Library was the first major building erected on the present Columbia University site. Today it is one of the most important Neo-Classical structures in America.
Wallach Walk (btwn E 75th & 76th St), New York, NY
Dış Mekan Heykeli · Central Park · 56 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: Created in 1959 by Jose de Creeft (1884-1982), this bronze sculpture features characters from the 1865 Lewis Carroll story‚ "Alice in Wonderland."
Üniversite · Mid-Cambridge · 146 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: Did you know Harvard University was named after John Harvard of Charlestown, who upon his death in 1638 left his library and half his estate to the institution?
Tarihi ve Koruma Altındaki Alan · Downtown Boston · 23 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: Built in 1729, this was where some 5,000 colonists gathered on December 16, 1773, for a protest that culminated that night in the Boston Tea Party.
806 N Michigan Ave (btwn Pearson St & Chicago Ave), Şikago, IL
Tarihi ve Koruma Altındaki Alan · Streeterville · 40 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: Built in the late 1860s, these two structures, designed by William Boyington, were among the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Park · Financial District · 69 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: This is New York City's oldest park, a designation it received in 1733. According to legend, over a century earlier, in 1626, Native Americans sold the island of Manhattan to the Dutch at this site.
Tarihi ve Koruma Altındaki Alan · Mid-City West · 117 tavsiye ve inceleme
HISTORY: These tar pits hold the fossils of Ice Age animals that became trapped in the asphalt deposits here. The fossils were first described by Wellesley College professor William Denton in 1875.