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monk’s cafe
from seinfeld posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
The exterior of Tom's Restaurant on the corner of West 112th Street and Broadway in Morningside Heights in Manhattan was used for the establishing shots of the fictional Monk's Cafe in Seinfeld. Interiors were filmed on a sound stage.
The restaurant was also the inspiration for Suzanne Vega's 'Tom's Diner' and now that song will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You're welcome.
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from raising arizona, the coen bros. posted in movies by ted_zeppelin
In the 1987 film Raising Arizona, H.I. McDunnough and Edwina (Nicholas Cage and Bonnie Hunt) borrow money from their father-in-law for a starter home in suburban Tempe: "These were the salad days."
The scenes with the mobile home were shot in Lost Dutchman State Park. The park is named after Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, a famous gold mine legendary among the tales of the Old West.
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from lost posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
The Hawaii Convention Center was turned into the Sydney Airport in Lost where Oceanic Flight 815 departs on the way to Los Angeles before crashing on the island. It's seen in multiple flashbacks throughout the first several seasons.
view full location details...santa rosa mental health institute
from lost posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
It took eighteen episodes of Lost before Hurley finally got a flashback, which by then Kate, Jack, Sawyer and Charlie each had two apiece.
The interior scenes at Hurley's mental institution were filmed at the Laniakea YWCA in Honolulu. It's featured when we find out a little about the numbers in season one and also in season two's 'Dave,' one of Lost's goofier and more confusing episodes, which I guess is saying a lot.
view full location details...rkk energiya museum
from space travel, space exploration posted in history by tacopolis
The S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (or RKK Energiya) is the organization that has been carrying out Russia's space travel development and testing since the end of World War II.
The corporation has a museum called the RKK Energiya Museum on the factory grounds. Exhibits include the recovered capsule from the Vostok 1 mission with which Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, and the Vostok 6 capsule in which Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
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