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Union Street (Los Angeles)
Union Street may refer to: United Kingdom *Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland *Union Street, East Sussex, between Ticehurst and Flimwell *Union Street, London *Union Street, Plymouth, Devon *Union Street, Reading, Berkshire United States *Union Street (San Francisco) *Union Street Park The Wilmington Quicksteps (also known as the Quickstep Club of Wilmington) were an 1884 late-season replacement baseball team in the Union Association. They finished with a 2–16 record and were managed by Joe Simmons. The team played their home ..., a former baseball ground in Wilmington, Delaware * Union Street (Boston) * Union Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line), a station of the New York City Subway * Union Street station (BMT Fifth Avenue Line), a closed station of the New York City Subway Other uses * ''Union Street'' (album), an album by Erasure * ''Union Street'' (film), a documentary film by Jamila Pomeroy * ''Union Street'' (novel), a novel by Pat Barker {{disambiguation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street, Aberdeen
Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is named after the Acts of Union 1800 with Ireland. The street is approximately one mile long (1.6 km) and a feat of engineering skill involving the partial levelling of St. Catherine's Hill and the building of arches to carry the street over Putachieside. The Denburn Valley was crossed by Union Street by Union Bridge, Aberdeen, Union Bridge (constructed 1801–05). The Union Bridge holds the record of the 'Worlds largest single span granite bridge' at across. History Union Street was built to relieve the strain of the small, cramped streets that caused problems for people coming into the city. It was built higher than the old town and was designed to include the five entrances from the city: Queens Road - Rubislaw from Hazelhead; George Street from Inverurie and Morayshire; King Street from the north from Bridge Of Don, Peterhead and Fraserburgh; Market Street, which leads to the fishing tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street, East Sussex
Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Union'' (Union album), 1998 * ''Union'' (Chara album), 2007 * ''Union'' (Toni Childs album), 1988 * ''Union'' (Cuff the Duke album), 2012 * ''Union'' (Paradoxical Frog album), 2011 * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Puya * ''Union'', a 2001 album by Rasa * ''Union'' (Son Volt album), 2019 * ''Union'' (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009 * ''Union'' (Yes album), 1991 * "Union" (Black Eyed Peas song), 2005 Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Union'' (film), a labor documentary released in 2024 * ''Union'' (Star Wars), a Dark Horse comics limited series * Union, in the fictional Alliance–Union universe of C. J. Cherryh * ''Union (Horse with Two Discs)'', a bronze sculpture by Christopher Le Brun, 1999–2000 * The Union (Marvel Team), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street, London
Union Street is a major street in the London Borough of Southwark. It runs between Blackfriars Road to the west and Borough High Street to the east. Southwark Bridge Road crosses in the middle. History The eastern part of the street was laid out under a 1774 Act passed for making a new workhouse and for "making a carriage way from the … High Street, through the Greyhound Inn, into Queen Street, and for improving the passage from thence into Gravel Lane, leading towards the Black Friars Bridge Road, in the parish of Christ Church." In 1782 the Union Hall was opened as the Surrey Magistrates Court in the borough, the JPs having previously sat at the Town Hall in the High Street. The façade of the Hall was retained on the new structure on the site in 2005. In 1813, Queen Street and Duke Street were renamed Union Street. In 1908 Charlotte Street, at the western end of Union Street, was also renamed to be part of the street yet it clearly has a dislocated junction with it, ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street, Plymouth
Union Street in Plymouth, Devon, is a long straight street connecting the city centre to Devonport, the site of Plymouth's naval base and docks. Originally the home of wealthy people, it later became an infamous red-light district and the location of most of the city's night-life. History Designed by John Foulston, it was laid out between 1812 and 1820 as a grand boulevard to connect the three towns of Plymouth, East Stonehouse and Devonport. Today Union Street forms part of the A374. For some years after its construction, Union Street was the home of the wealthy. According to a guidebook of 1823: Despite its upper-class associations, Union Street was the location of the first outbreaks in Plymouth of cholera in the 1849 epidemic. At the time, these outbreaks in July of that year were believed to be caused by works connected with the new Millbay railway station, during which the drains of several houses had become blocked and their lower premises overflowed with sewage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street, Reading
Union Street, also known locally as Smelly Alley, is a pedestrian alley in the centre of the English town of Reading. It is lined with small shops and other retail outlets, and connects Broad Street and Friar Street. The name Smelly Alley came about in the 1940s, as there were many butchers and greengrocers, as well as two wet fish shops. In the 1970s there were four butchers, two greengrocers and two wet fish shops; also a baker's shop, two record shops, a hi-fi shop, a shop selling jeans, a cafe, a roast chicken shop, a chocolate shop and a hardware shop. The name Smelly Alley comes from the presence of the long-established Frosts, a fishmonger A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, ...s. 2019 saw the closure of Frosts, considered the last of the 'smelly' shopsThe Gru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street (San Francisco)
Union Street is an east–west street in San Francisco. It starts out near the Embarcadero waterfront, with a half-block gap on Telegraph Hill before resuming near Montgomery Street, then runs through Russian Hill and a shopping district in Cow Hollow, ending in the Presidio. According to some, Union Street also marks the dividing line between Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights Pacific Heights (often referred to as Pac Heights) is a wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. It has panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, the Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, Presidio of San Fr ... to the south. " ''Pacific Heights Residents Association''. Archived on November 2, 2010 It is the only east–west street that allows two-way traffic to traver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street Park
The Wilmington Quicksteps (also known as the Quickstep Club of Wilmington) were an 1884 late-season replacement baseball team in the Union Association. They finished with a 2–16 record and were managed by Joe Simmons. The team played their home games in Union Street Park in Wilmington, Delaware. The ballpark was located on the southwest corner of Union Street and Front Street (now Lancaster Avenue), which at the time was just outside the city limits.''Ballparks of North America'', Michael Benson, McFarland Publishing, 1989, p.413 The ballpark's life extended well beyond 1884, hosting minor league games until the 1910s. In 1883, the Inter-State Association of Professional Baseball Clubs was founded, and local capital was invested for a franchise in Wilmington. In 1884, the Interstate Association re-organized under the name "Eastern League" (not to be confused with the double A Eastern League of today); this was one of the first "minor leagues" and is considered a forerunner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street (Boston)
Union Street is a street in Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to 1828, it was also called Green Dragon Lane.For sale - an estate on Hanover Street and Green Dragon lane, making the corner. Boston Daily Advertiser; Date: 02-10-1816. The street is in the Blackstone Block Historic District. Union Oyster House stands on Union Street, as does the New England Holocaust Memorial. Gallery Image:1773 GreenDragonTavern Boston.jpg, Green Dragon Tavern, watercolor, 1773 Image:MatchDepot UnionSt BostonDirectory 1850.png, Byam, Bruce & Co's. Match Depot, 1850 Image:Homer UnionSt BostonDirectory 1852.png, William F. Homer, china, glass, crockery &c., 1852 Image:UnionSt ca1870s BostonianSociety.png, c. 1870s Image:UnionSt ca1905 HanoverSt BostonianSociety.png, Corner of Union and Hanover Streets, c. 1905 Image:2589477579 CapenHouse Boston.jpg, Capen House, 1930 See also * First Baptist Church First Baptist Church may refer to: Canada *First Baptist Church (Toronto), Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street Station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
The Union Street station is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Brooklyn, New York City, serving the communities of Park Slope Park Slope is a neighborhood in South Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park and Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn), Prospect Park West to the east, ..., Gowanus, Brooklyn, Gowanus and Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens. It is served by the R (New York City Subway service), R train at all times. The D (New York City Subway service), D and N (New York City Subway service), N trains also stop here during late nights, and some rush-hour W (New York City Subway service), W trains stop here in the peak direction. The Union Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905. Construction on the segment of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
