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Erected by U-District booster and developer Charles Cowen in 1915, the vaudeville/silent movie house was an attractive addition to the neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Erected in 1981 as part of a larger complex housing Ukraine’s national World War II museum, the Mother Ukraine monument stood on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv, facing eastwards toward Moscow.

From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023

Erected in the 1840s, the statue of the Duke on his horse, Copenhagen, stands outside the city's modern art gallery.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2022

Erected a century ago to be the center of the home textiles industry in the United States, it still has the shiny gold loom logo over the entrance to prove it.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Erected in 1785 by John Penn 34 XVII.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank