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The city hall of Pleasant Hill was designed by architect Charles Moore. Completed in the late 20th century, it has won several awards for architectural design. For most of its history, Pleasant Hill did not have a true downtown or Main Street. In 1991, the city began planning the redevelopment of the area around the intersection of Monument and ...
Asian Pacific arts, culture and history Oakland Aviation Museum: Oakland: Alameda: East Bay: Aviation: Formerly the Western Aerospace Museum, over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military, and other displays that highlight noted aviators and innovators Oakland Museum of California: Oakland: Alameda: East Bay: Multiple
Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Red Hook, New York; National Museum of Transportation, St Louis County, Missouri; New York Museum of Transportation, Rush, New York; Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, California; San Francisco Cable Car Museum, San Francisco, California; Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
The Joaquin Miller House, also known as The Abbey, is a historic house in Joaquin Miller Park, a public park in the Oakland Hills area of Oakland, California, United States. A crude, vaguely Gothic structure, it was the home of poet Joaquin Miller from 1886 until his death in 1913. Miller was one of the nation's first poets to write about the ...
From 1904 to 1929, the Realty Syndicate also operated a major amusement park in north Oakland called Idora Park. Redwoods were harvested from the East Bay Hills for construction in San Francisco, and "Rocky Hill" was purchased by poet Joaquin Miller in 1887. He planted trees, crops, and gardens, hosting thinkers, artists and literary figures ...
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Preservation Park is located in Oakland, California. The park includes sixteen historic buildings, five of which stand in their original location, and eleven of which were moved from elsewhere in Oakland to avoid demolition. The sixteen houses are arranged to resemble a late 19th-century Oakland neighborhood.
Coal-carrying canal historic district that runs through other counties in New York and Pennsylvania as well. Key link in supplying New York City with anthracite coal in the 19th century. 50: Denniston–Steidle House: Denniston–Steidle House: May 8, 2012 : 575 Jackson Ave.