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The Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (established as the Committee on a Uniform System of Coinage, Weights, and Measures) was a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1864 to 1946.
60 State Street is a modern skyscraper on historic State Street in the Government Center neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Completed in 1977, it is Boston's 19th tallest building , standing 509 feet (155 m) tall, and housing 38 floors [1] [usurped] .
Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave) is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston.According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips."
The United States Code refers to these units as "traditional systems of weights and measures". [31] Other common ways [citation needed] of referring to the system are: customary, standard, English, or imperial (which refers to the post-1824 reform measures used throughout the British Empire & Commonwealth countries). [32]
This is a list of the 25 tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Massachusetts outside of Boston, its capital and largest city. The U.S state of Massachusetts is a New England State north of New York and shares its border with Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. [ 1 ]
Voters in San Francisco will weigh in on a pair of public safety measures on Tuesday's ballot that reflect frustration over crime and drug use in the politically liberal city, including a proposal ...
"Massachusetts Avenue", a song by Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra from the 2012 album Theatre Is Evil; Massachusetts Avenue (Halifax, NS) Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana; Massachusetts Avenue (San Diego Trolley station), a station on the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System; Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.), the ...
Cambridgeport is south of Central Square, and bordered by MIT, the Charles River, Massachusetts Avenue, and River Street. [51] Harvard Square is formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, Dunster Street, and JFK Street. [52] This is the primary site of Harvard University and a major Cambridge shopping area. [52]