History Shows Street Names Do Not Remain the Same in Elgin
thestreetnames November 5, 2024 Eagles, weasels, and the US election After yesterday’s post involving swans, I thought I would revisit London’s street and pub swan names but, on reflection, I decided to look instead at connections to today’s elephant in the room. I refer, of course,...
. Albany’s strategic location and the construction of Fort Frederick made it a leading colonial city. Its population of 2,273 in 1703 increased to 3,498 in 1790 (the year of the first U.S. census) and to 50,763 by 1850. The Dutch heritage is reflected in many street names and in...
To protect her husband, the woman promised to marry the trouble-maker but ordered him first leave a pile of yuanbao on the street for him. The tailor took the money and fled to another city. Sadly, the woman committed suicide after remarrying the bully. In honor of this tragedy...
Brooklyn HeightsCafes and shops along Montague Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. In the meantime, once-thriving neighbourhoods decayed and slid into poverty. A particularly low point for Brooklyn came in July 1977, when a New York City-wide power outage occasioned...
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Feel free to blame these two geniuses for all the one-way roads and crazy street names no one can read or pronounce! Which, by the way, were named after French royal houses and Catholic Saints. Bourbon Street was named after France’s royal family, theHouse of Bourbon. ...
The occasion of the tragic death of Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, the chief magistrate at Bow Street, has brought to light a sensational story of a daring attempt on his life by suffragettes. Two women made a determined effort to push him over some steep cliffs at Margate. There were obvious ...
When leaders call COVID-19 the “China virus,” it harkens back to decades of state-sanctioned discrimination against Asian Americans.
One can get directions using Google Earth, using variables such as street names, cities, and establishments. But the addresses must by typed in search field, one cannot simply click on two spots on the map. Google Earth can function as a hub of knowledge, pertaining the users location. By...