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bandstand
from road house posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
At the beginning of Road House Dalton is working as head bouncer at Bandstand when he is recruited by Frank to be the cooler of his Missouri bar Double Deuce.
Bandstand also doubled as the interior of the bar / strip club where Sam Elliot's character Wade is working when Dalton calls him.
The real-life nightclub had a violent reputation that sounded like it was straight out of the movie. It was the largest nightclub in Orange County, California and was last known as The Boogie before it was closed in 2006.
view full location details...jack london’s birthplace
from jack london posted in literature by corporate_sunshine
John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney) was born at this location on January 12, 1876.
The American author who wrote the novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, and the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life", spent the early years of his life at this location.
The home burned down in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake fire, and the plaque celebrating London was placed here in 1953.
view full location details...“banksy!”
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Banksy's final piece for his New York show BETTER OUT THAN IN was 'an inflatable throw-up' of his name on a building off the Long Island Expressway in Queens.
view full location details...bronx zoo at yankee stadium
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
The is the location of the second to last day of Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN. His graffitied leopard (or possibly a cheetah) was located on a wall near Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx.
view full location details...herman melville’s birthplace
from herman melville, moby dick posted in literature by pete_nice
Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, "Bartleby the Scrivener" and many other works, was born at this location on August 1, 1819 when it was 6 Pearl Street. Today, Pearl Street no longer exists at this location and it's the home of the 17 State Street tower.
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