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Angie's Umbrella
At the triangular intersection where Western and Elliott A...
Elliott Bay, Waterfront Park
Famous for its rain and bordered by Elliott Bay and ringed...
Arctic Building
Tens of thousands of people went to Alaska and the Yukon d...
Billy Goat Tavern
"No Republicans Allowed." So read a sign posted out...
Pneumatic Tubes at the Chicago Federal Building
A network of tunnels for pneum...
Shatila Bakery
When Riad Shatila came to the U.S. from Lebanon in 1977 se...
Arab American National Museum
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is the first and ...
The American National Bank Building
Seville Tower, originally called the American National Ban...
Storrs Siblings
Hearing and Deaf Teachers at ASD
Siblings...
Levi Strong Backus
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Angie's Umbrella
At the triangular intersection where Western and Elliott Avenues meet Lenora Street stands a 20-foot-tall umbrella turned inside out. This work of public art by Jim Pridgeon and Benson Shaw turns a full 360 degrees with the direction of the ...
Elliott Bay, Waterfront Park
Famous for its rain and bordered by Elliott Bay and ringed by lakes to the north and east, water may be Seattle’s most distinguishing and celebrated characteristic. After all, Seattle’s biggest civic celebration is Seafair—a ten-week-long summer festival includes parades, ...
Arctic Building
Tens of thousands of people went to Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the late 19th century, but only a few ended up rich. In 1908, the men in Seattle who had made their fortune in ...
Billy Goat Tavern
"No Republicans Allowed." So read a sign posted outside of the Billy Goat Tavern by its proprietor during the 1944 Republican Convention in Chicago. The reaction – angry (and hungry) Republicans demanding service at the tavern – made the ...
Pneumatic Tubes at the Chicago Federal Building
A network of tunnels for pneumatic mail-transport tubes once buzzed with activity under the block now occupied by Chicago’s John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, Post Office, and Plaza. The post office housed in the old Chicago Federal Building, which ...
Shatila Bakery
When Riad Shatila came to the U.S. from Lebanon in 1977 seeking to build a business, he didn't have a set plan in place. He did, however, have a passion and love for Middle Eastern sweets and saw an opportunity ...
Arab American National Museum
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is the first and only museum in the United States devoted to preserving, documenting and sharing Arab American history and culture. Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political and cultural landscape of American life. ...
The American National Bank Building
Seville Tower, originally called the American National Bank Building, was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter in 1908 in the commercial style, is a product of a "boom" period in Pensacola's economy when local businessmen promoted the city as a potentialimport and ...
Storrs Siblings
Hearing and Deaf Teachers at ASD
Siblings Richard Satler and Sarah Storrs grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Sarah became deaf after suffering from Whooping Cough around 1 year old. She went to the American School for the Deaf from 1844 ...
Levi Strong Backus
Deaf Teachers Abroad
Levi Strong Backus grew up in the same town as deaf silversmith Sylvester Gilbert. Born deaf, Backus attended the American School for the Deaf as part of the first class in 1817 when he ...
