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Union Street
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, 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) The Union Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. Served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. The station ..., 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 (0.8 miles) 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 (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 town of Torry; and Hol ... [...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'' (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009 * ''Union'' (Yes album), 1991 * "Union" (Black Eyed Peas song), 2005 Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''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 Marvel Comics superhero team and comic series Education * Union Academy (other) ... [...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, exa ... [...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 Alley, pedestrian alley in the centre of the England, English town of Reading, Berkshire, Reading. It is lined with small shops and other retail outlets, and connects Broad Street, Reading, Broad Street and Friar Street, Reading, 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 fishmongers. 2019 saw the closure of Frosts, considered the last of the ‘smelly’ shops.The Grumpy Goat a cheese and beer shop, opened on the street in 2020. The owners were quoted in local media as looking to make ‘Smelly Alley smelly again’ References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street (San Francisco)
Union Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, San Francisco. It starts out near the Embarcadero (San Francisco), Embarcadero waterfront, with a half-block gap on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Telegraph Hill before resuming near Montgomery Street, then runs through Russian Hill and a shopping district in Cow Hollow, San Francisco, Cow Hollow, ending in the Presidio, San Francisco, California, Presidio. According to some, Union Street also marks the dividing line between Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights, San Francisco, Pacific Heights 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 traverse Russian Hill (all others have gaps or one-way segments). The San Francisco ... [...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.413The 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 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street (Boston)
Union Street is a street in Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts, near Faneuil Hall. 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. Image 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 (Boston, Massachusetts) * James Franklin (printer) * Green Dragon Tavern * New England Holocaust Memorial * Union Oyster House Union Oyster House, open to diners since 1826, is amongst the oldest operatin ... [...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, Gowanus and Carroll Gardens. It is served by the R train at all times. The D and N trains also stop here during late nights, and some rush-hour 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 the line that includes Union Street started on December 20, 1909, and was completed in September 1912. The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 59th Street. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1926–1927, and again during a renovation in 1968–1970. The station was also renovated in 1970 and in the mid-1990s. History Construction and opening The Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street Station (BMT Fifth Avenue Line)
The Union Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. Served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. The station was opened on June 22, 1889 at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Union Street, and had a connection to the Union Street Line trolleys. The next stop to the north was Saint Marks Avenue. The next stop to the south was Third Street. It closed on May 31, 1940. References BMT Fifth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1889 Railway stations closed in 1940 Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn 1889 establishments in New York (state) 1940 disestablishments in New York (state) {{Brooklyn-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street (album)
''Union Street'' is the twelfth studio album by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released by Mute Records on 3 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and on 18 April 2006 in the United States. This album contained past Erasure songs, "re-interpreted in an acoustic or country & western style". The album was preceded in the UK and the US by the four-track '' Boy EP'' on 20 March and 4 April, respectively. ''Boy EP'' was not eligible for the UK Singles Chart and was released to US markets as a download-only. A bonus remix of "Boy" was available to US buyers of ''Union Street'' on iTunes. The album peaked at number 102 on the UK Albums Chart, making it Erasure's only studio album to miss the top 100 to date. Track listing All tracks written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke. CD album/digital download * (CDSTUMM235)/(iSTUMM235) # "Boy" (originally from ''Cowboy'') - 3:49 # "Piano Song" (originally from ''Wild!'') - 3:17 # " Stay with Me" (originally from ''Erasure'') - 4:53 # "Spiralling" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street (film)
''Union Street'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jamila Pomeroy and released in 2023. The film centres on the history of the Hogan's Alley neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, a predominantly Black Canadian community which was demolished in the early 1970s in the name of urban renewal. The film premiered at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the Reelworld Film Festival, where Pomeroy won the award for best direction in a feature film.Ashleigh-Rae Thomas"Union Street doc examines Vancouver’s Black history" ''Playback'', February 20, 2024. In February 2024 it received a week-long run at the VIFF Centre The VIFF Centre (formerly the Vancouver International Film Centre and the Vancity Theatre) is a movie theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which houses the 175-seat Vancity Theatre, the 41-seat Studio Theatre, as well as the offices fo ...,Sara Harowitz"'Union Street' documentary about Strathcona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
