city: london
daunt books
from garrison keillor posted in literature by elvis_crabs
Daunt Books is a London bookstore known for its luminescent skylights and eclectic collection.
Garrison Keillor was inspired to open his bookstore at a new location after visiting Daunt Books.
According to a Star Tribune article: "You're sort of overwhelmed by the beauty of it. To someone of my age, who grew up loving books, that's a powerful thing."
view full location details...freddie mercury lived (and died) here
from freddie mercury, queen posted in music by pete_nice
Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, lived in this $6 million until his death (at this location) of AIDS-related pneumonia on November 24, 1991. Mercury did not announce to the world that he had AIDS until 24 hours prior to his death.
The very worldly Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946. The Bulsara family moved to India in 1947. Mercury began piano lessons and music theory as he attended boarding school in Panchgani, just outside Bombay. The family moved to England in 1963.
The Mercury house on Logan still stands today. His former girlfriend, Mary Austen, was very close to Mercury and inherited the house where she still lives today.
view full location details...221b baker street
from sherlock holmes (bbc) posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Because of traffic on Baker Street and the fact 221B Baker Street houses The Sherlock Holmes Museum, the exteriors for the Sherlock Holmes flat in the Benedict Cumberbatch BBC version of Sherlock were shot next to Speedy's Sandwich Bar & Cafe on North Gower in London a little over a mile from the address made famous in the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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from sherlock holmes posted in literature by chewing_the_scenery
Even though it's technically located between 237 and 241, the official address of the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London is 221B Baker Street, the address where Sherlock and Watson lived in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
For many years, the Abbey National building on Baker Street received mail delivered to 221B (from fans or else crazies hoping to correspond with the fictional Sherlock himself) until the museum, founded in 1990, decided that somehow they could claim the 221B address. The dispute lasted until Abbey National vacated their building in 2005.
The museum features Holmes memorabilia and is modeled after the description of the residence in the stories.
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from public enemy posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Public Enemy went on tour in support of Yo! Bum Rush the Show opening for LL Cool J and Eric B and Rakim as part of the Def Jam Europe tour in 1987. They played three dates at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and audio of the third show, recorded by the BBC, was used on It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back which you can hear in "Countdown to Armageddon" at the beginning of the album where British DJ Dave Pearce hypes the crowd.