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patty hearst safehouse
from patty hearst kidnapping posted in history by pete_nice
Patty Hearst, the granddaughter of publishing magnate (and Citizen Kane inspiration) William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army on February 4, 1974.
The Symbionese Liberation Army, or SLA, drew their name from the word "symbiosis", and based their manifesto on leftist urban guerilla propaganda.
Hearst participated in a bank robbery at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco on April 15, 1974. She was photographed wielding an M1 carbine at the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank.
Patty was shuttled between many safe houses by the SLA until her eventual arrest in September of 1975. This house in Haight-Ashbury is one of them.
view full location details...camarillo state mental hospital
from bottle rocket (1996) posted in movies by pete_nice
Although it closed in 1997 to make way for the California State University-Channel Islands campus, the Camarillo State Mental Hospital had been open since 1932.
Due to its proximity to Los Angeles, many celebrity types used the facility as a detox center. Charlie Parker wrote Relaxin' at Camarillo while recovering from heroin addiction here. Frank Zappa has a song called "Camarillo Brillo".
The opening scene of Bottle Rocket takes place on the Camarillo State Mental Hospital grounds.
view full location details...the intersection where butch hits marsellus with his car
from pulp fiction posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Butch hits Marsellus with his car when he spots him crossing the street at the intersection of Fletcher Dr and Atwater Ave. In the movie, they stumble into the pawn shop, but you'll actually find Zed and Maynard's nightmare pawn shop over 25 miles away.
view full location details...the pawn shop
from pulp fiction posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Many of Pulp Fiction's filming locations (the Hawthorne Grill, the River Glen Motel, the Raymond Theatre) have been demolished since the movie came out, but you can find Maynard's pawn shop where Butch and Marsellus are captured after the car accident in this San Fernando Valley strip mall.
view full location details...where bugsy siegel was gunned down
from bugsy (1991) posted in movies by tacopolis
American mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started the Las Vegas strip in 1946 by building the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. The hotel closed later that year, only to reopen in 1947.
On June 20, 1947, Bugsy was sitting in the living room of his girlfriend's house reading the Los Angeles Times. A car pulled into the driveway, and fired an M-1 carbine through the window. Bugsy was shot several times, including twice in the head.
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