city: san francisco
peoples temple (sf)
from jim jones, people’s temple, jonestown posted in history by pete_nice
The Peoples Temple moved to their new digs at this address in 1971, the former home of the Albert Pike Memorial Scottish Rite temple. The church purchased the building the following year for $122,500.
The group opened a branch in Los Angeles in 1972 as well. Eventually, they convinced many of the Angelinos to move to San Francisco. By 1975, Peoples Temple had abandoned their plan of making the Redwood Valley their "promised land", and instead focused on recruiting and building the congregation in the Bay Area.
Today, the location is a post office.
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Note: I'm not really sure if it's People's Temple or Peoples Temple. I initially thought that the apostrophe was used to indicate that the people owned the temple (People's), but maybe since the direction of the ownership was questionable in this instance, it is without the possessive form (Peoples).
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from internet posted in technology by pete_nice
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from zap comix, allen ginsberg, neal cassady posted in comic books by crabapple
After Beat generation mascot Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty in On the Road) divorced from his wife Carolyn in 1963, he went to live with his poet buddy Allen Ginsberg and his poet/writer/drug-enthusiast roommate Charles Plymell at this address.
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from bruce lee posted in movies by crabapple
Bruce Lee (née Lee Jun-fan) was born at the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco on November 27, 1940 to Lee Hoi-chuen (father) and Grace Ho (mother).
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from silicon valley posted in television by pete_nice
The gang from Pied Piper get upgraded to a suite at the Omni Hotel after Erlich's public beating by a jealous husband in Season 1 of the HBO series Silicon Valley.
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