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1400 smith street
from enron: the smartest guys in the room posted in movies by prof_improbable
This 50 floor, 691 ft (211 m) tall skyscraper is the former headquarters of the energy company, Enron.
Before Enron collapsed, they purchased the building across the street, connected to 1400 Smith Street by a circular skywalk, primarily made of the tears of pensioners and retirees who lost their savings to the rat bastards.
view full location details...sigmund freud’s birthplace
from sigmund freud posted in history by crabapple
The father of modern psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (née Sigismund Schlomo Freud) was born in this house on May 6, 1856.
At that time, the young family was struggling financially and were living in a rented room in a locksmith's house. Today, the location is the Sigmund Freud Museum and is open for tours.
view full location details...jack’s music shoppe
from chasing amy posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Holden and Hooper X have a conversation about Alyssa in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy while shopping for records at Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank. Banky and Holden live and work in the third floor apartment above the store.
view full location details...marina diner (closed)
from chasing amy posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
In Chasing Amy, Alyssa buys the Dyksiezski painting for Holden off the wall at the The Marina Diner (now closed) in New Jersey. Apparently the artwork is now hanging at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash.
The Marina Diner is also where Holden meets with Jay and Silent Bob near the end of the movie.
view full location details...the mercer hotel
from russell crowe posted in movies by tacopolis
In June of 2005, Russell Crowe came down from his suite at the Mercer Hotel to complain that his phone was unable to call Australia. Words were exchanged with the hotel employee, and Crowe threw the phone. The employee claims it hit him in the face; Crowe said it was thrown against the wall.
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