Diane and Allan Arbus's studio and living quarters were located at this address on the Upper East Side. The Arbus's professional partnership ended in 1956, when Diane quit the business; the couple formally separated three years later.

Their neighbor and friend was Robert Brown, an actor from the TV show Here Come the Brides. Allan Arbus changed careers later in life, becoming an actor. Among numerous other roles, he was the recurring character Dr. Sidney Friedman on M*A*S*H.

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The parents of Diane Arbus, David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, owned Russek's Department Store at this location. Specializing in fur and women's clothing, Russek's slogan was "An Institution of Paris Fashions."

Diane met Allan Arbus, who worked as a photographer in the marketing department of the store, when she was thirteen. In 1941, Diane and Allan Arbus were married (Diane was eighteen years old at the time).

The couple had two children together (Doon, 1945 and Amy, 1954). Diane and Allan Arbus separated in 1958, and they were divorced in 1969.

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The American photographer Diane Arbus was born as Diane Nemerov to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov on March 14, 1923. The Nemerovs were a wealthy Jewish couple who lived in New York City and owned Russek's, a women's clothing store on Fifth Avenue.

Diane attended the Fieldston School for Ethical Culture (also called Fieldston), an Ivy League prep school located adjacent to Central Park in Manhattan.

Fieldston's curriculum focuses on the pursuit of social justice, racial equality, and intellectual freedom. The school and the affiliated Ethical Culture Society have been havens for secular Jews who rejected the mysticism and rituals of Judaism, but accepted many of its ethical teachings.

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Some of the "Sure Shot" music video was shot in and around the Las Vegas Hilton Casino when the Beastie Boys were in Las Vegas for Lollapalooza in the summer of '94. They don't allow recording inside the casino, but Spike Jonze carried the camera inside and captured that footage on the sly. Don't tell.

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The Pulitzer Fountain in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza serves as a water hazard in the round of golf that J Mascis and then bassist Mike Johnson of Dinosaur Jr. play in New York in their music video for "Feel the Pain" (directed by Spike Jonze).

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