city: philadelphia
eastern state penitentiary
from twelve monkeys posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The mental institution where Cole first meets Jeffrey Goines was filmed at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.
view full location details...philadelphia city hall
from twelve monkeys posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Twelve Monkeys was shot primarily around Philadelphia and Baltimore. The beginning of the movie where Cole is sent to the surface was filmed at Philadelphia's City Hall and then the environment was aged to look appropriately post-apocalyptic in post-production.
view full location details...asylum arena
from the wrestler posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Over the past twenty years this bingo hall and multi-purpose building has been called Viking Hall, XPW Arena, Alhambra Arena and most famously the ECW Arena when Extreme Championship Wrestling ran shows here from 1993-2001.
Scenes from The Wrestler where Mickey Rourke faced the Necro Butcher in a bloody match were shot here in 2008 at a Combat Zone Wrestling show.
view full location details...moyamensing prison
from charles bukowski, edgar allan poe posted in literature by prof_improbable
Now an Acme supermarket, this location was the site of the famous Moyamensing Prison.
The prison had many notable guests. In 1944, Charles Bukowski spent 17 days here for suspicion of draft evasion. He was later exempted from service for "failing to meet medical standards" after a physical and psychological evaluation.
On July 1, 1849, when Edgar Allan Poe was in Philadelphia, he drank, became drunk and hallucinatory, and made a suicide attempt. He was detained for public drunkenness and incarcerated for one night.
The prison was destroyed in 1968. Today, all that is left is a low heavy masonry stone wall remaining from the prison of the 1830s on the site along Reed Street.
view full location details...nabisco plant
from charles bukowski posted in literature by prof_improbable
In 1942, this location was a Nabisco plant, and Charles Bukowski worked for a brief time.
Now it is an empty lot.
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