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Bleecker
Bleecker is a Dutch language, Dutch-language occupational surname. Bleecker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher"). Most if not all people listed below are descendants of Jan Jansen Bleecker/Bleeker, who came to New Amsterdam in 1658. In the Netherlands, only the spelling Bleeker (other), Bleeker is extant as a family name. People * Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783), American poet * Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827), American author and lawyer * Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (1741–1816), American banker and merchant * Harmanus Bleecker (1779–1849), US congressman from New York, ambassador to the Netherlands * Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641/42–1732), Dutch settler in New Netherland, mayor of New York * Julian Bleecker (born ca. 1967), American mobile artist and technologist * Katherine Russell Bleecker (1893–1996), American filmmaker in silent era * Leon Bleecker (–1933), New York assemblyman * Maitland B. Bleecker (1903–2002), American inventor, instrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleecker Stadium
Bleecker Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Albany, New York. The stadium was once a reservoir for the Albany public water system. Today it has a baseball diamond, football/soccer field, and a softball field used by area high schools, colleges, and youth and adult leagues. Bleecker Stadium hosts several post-season games and series, including the Capital District Pop Warner Super Bowls. The stadium is on Clinton Avenue which is to the south, Ontario Street is to the east, and Second Street is to the north. Swinburne Park borders Bleecker to the west. In 2018 the stadium and neighboring Swinburne Park were added to the National Register of Historic Places. History Bleecker Stadium was built as a Federal public works project; originally the stadium was the Bleecker Reservoir, which was constructed in 1850. As Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt established a jobs relief program that made the conversion of the reservoir, which had become obsolete, possible; and this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Bleecker
Leon Bleecker (c. 1881 – October 8, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born about 1881 in Mizil, Romania. The family emigrated to the United States and settled in Manhattan. He practiced law in New York City. In November 1913, he was elected on the Progressive and Republican tickets to the New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Ass ... (New York Co., 10th D.), defeating Democrat Walter M. Friedland. Bleecker polled 3,246 votes, and Friedland polled 2,044. Bleecker was a member of the 137th New York State Legislature in 1914. In November 1915, Bleecker was again elected to the Assembly, defeating the incumbent Friedland. Bleecker polled 2,375 votes, and Friedland polled 2,145. Bleecker was a member of the 139 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleecker Street (other)
Bleecker Street Bleecker Street is an east–west street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightlife, nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood popular today for music venues and comedy as well as a ... is a street in Greenwich Village, New York City. Bleecker Street may also refer to: * Bleecker Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), a subway station * Bleecker Street Line * Bleecker Street Cinemas * "Bleecker Street", a song on the Simon and Garfunkel album '' Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.'' * Bleecker Street (IRT Sixth Avenue Line), a former elevated station * Bleecker Street (company), film studio * '' The Saint of Bleecker Street'', an opera by American composer Gian Carlo Menotti {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleaker
Bleaker Island () is one of the Falkland Islands, lying off south east Lafonia (the southern peninsula of East Falkland). The name is a corruption of "Breaker Island" due to the waves that break on it. It was also known as "Long Island" at one point. Geography Bleaker Island is long, narrow and low-lying and the southern tip of the Island is separated from Lafonia by a thin stretch of water named 'The Jump'. It has an area of and is long. The island is no wider than at any point and tapers to several thin necks of land at various points down its length. The highest point is Semaphore Hill, at . The western shores of Bleaker Island are low-lying and fringed by shallow stone beaches. The east coast of the island is characterised by low cliffs, interspersed with sand and pebble beaches and gulches and is directly exposed to the Atlantic Ocean. The island has several large ponds and the most impressive beach is the 'Sandy Bay'. History Bleaker Island has been a sheep fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmanus Bleecker Library
The former Harmanus Bleecker Library is located at the intersection of Washington Avenue (New York State Route 5) and Dove Street in Albany, New York, United States. It is a brick and stone Neoclassical architecture, Classical Revival building constructed in the 1920s. In 1996 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by notable local architects, the Fuller & Robinson Company, it was the first building in the city intended to be used exclusively as a library, and is considered one of city's best buildings in its architectural style. Along with the nearby University Club of Albany, University Club, built shortly afterwards, it was Fuller's last major work in the city where he had practiced most. It took its name from Harmanus Bleecker, a prominent Albany politician and benefactor whose estate provided the funds for its construction. It has since been adaptive reuse, adapted to serve as office space. Building The library occupies the full block of Dove betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street is an east–west street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightlife, nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood popular today for music venues and comedy as well as an important gay village, center of LGBT history and LGBT culture , culture and Bohemianism, bohemian tradition. The street is named after the family name of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, a banker, the father of Anthony Bleecker, a 19th-century writer, through whose family farm the street once ran. Bleecker Street connects Abingdon Square (the intersection of Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eighth Avenue and Hudson Street (Manhattan), Hudson Street) in the West Village, Manhattan, West Village, to the Bowery in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village and NoHo. History Bleecker Street was named by and after the Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, Bleecker family because the street ran through the family's farm. In 1808, Anthony Lispenard Bleecker and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleecker Park
Bleecker Park is a small urban park in Albany, New York, Albany, New York (state), New York. The park is triangle-shaped, bounded by Madison Place to the south, Streets of Albany, New York#Madison Avenue, Madison Avenue to the north, and Eagle Street to the west. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Albany, New York), Cathedral of Immaculate Conception is across Eagle Street from the park, while Madison Place, which is only one block-long, consists of rowhouses primarily in High Gothic and Italianate architecture, built in the mid-to-late-19th century. Across from the park on Madison Street is the Empire State Plaza East Parking Garage, built in 1999/2000. The park features the oldest fountain in the city which is surrounded by a small circular garden, two circular beds are also in the park and each feature a shrub surrounded flowers, these small gardens make Bleecker Park "a most charming and restrained Victorian architecture, Victorian public garden" according to an articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleecker, New York
Bleecker is a town in Fulton County, New York, United States. The population was 533 at the 2010 census. The name is from Barent Bleecker, one of the original landowners of the region. Bleecker is north of the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown, in the northern part of the county. History The first permanent settlements began ''circa'' 1800 at Lindsleys Corners, although land sales took place before then. The town was established in 1831 from part of the town of Johnstown, but did not arrive at its current dimensions until 1842. Part of Bleecker was returned to Johnstown in 1841, and another part was added to the town of Caroga in 1842. Lumbering and tanning were important early industries. Around 1860 the maximum population, approximately 1,060, was attained; following this zenith, for decades it went into decline, though the community has grown since reaching a nadir of 190, a figure tabulated at the 1940 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitland B
Maitland may refer to: Places *Maitland, New South Wales, Australia **City of Maitland, a local government area * Maitland, South Australia, Australia * Maitland, Tasmania, Australia * Maitland, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada * Maitland, Ontario, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville * Maitland, Huron County, Ontario, Canada * Lake Maitland, a dry lake in Western Australia, Australia * Maitland Volcano, British Columbia, Canada * Maitland, New Zealand * Maitland, Cape Town, South Africa * Maitland, Florida, United States * Maitland, Missouri, United States * Maitland, Pennsylvania, United States * Maitland, South Dakota, United States * Maitland, West Virginia, United States Rivers * Maitland River (Western Australia) * Maitland River, Ontario, Canada * Maitland River (South Africa), a river in South Africa Other uses * ''Maitland'' (1811 ship) * ''Maitland'' (1870 ship) * Maitland (surname), an English and Scottish surname * Clan Maitland, a Lowland Scottish cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Russell Bleecker
Katherine Russell Bleecker (May 5, 1893 – February 1, 1996), later in life Katherine Bleecker Meigs and later still Katherine B. Jobson, was an American filmmaker in the silent film era. She is sometimes credited as the first professional camerawoman in American film. Early life Katherine Russell Bleecker was born in New York, the daughter of Russell Bleecker and Emily Fisk Blunt Bleecker.Nanette Lincoln"Society Goes in for the Films"''Green Book Magazine'' (August 1916): 355–359. Career Katherine Bleecker was a pioneering professional camerawoman, who used her own personal camera equipment. She made three documentary films for the Joint Committee on Prison Reform, on location at New York state prisons,"New York State Prisons in Movies" ''The Delinquent'' (October 1915) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupational Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
