city: new york
royalton hotel
from hunter s. thompson posted in literature by pete_nice
After the aftermath of the Kentucky Derby in 1970, Thompson flew to Manhattan ("as soon as he could walk").
Warren Hinckle, editor of Scanlan's Monthly at the time, put HST in the Royalton Hotel where:
"...where we locked him down for five days in a room in the Royalton Hotel, just up 44th Street from the Scanlan's office in an abandoned ballroom above an Irish bar a block from Times Square."
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from bob dylan, jimi hendrix posted in music by tacopolis
The cover of Bob Dylan's 1964 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was shot at Jones Street and West 4th St in NYC. The cover photo, shot by Don Huntstein, features a then 22-year-old Dylan walk/cuddling with artist Suze Rotollo, his girlfriend from 1961 to 1964.
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from flight of the conchords posted in television by donkeyoti
Jemaine and Bret often go to the New Zealand Consulate (actually, the East Broadway Medical Association building) to meet with their band manager, Murray, in Flight of the Conchords.
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from flight of the conchords posted in television by donkeyoti
In the HBO show Flight of the Conchords, this is the location of Mohumbhai and Son's Pawn Shop where Jemaine and Bret's buddy, Dave, works.
In real-life, this is the home to Roger TV Services where you can buy TVs and air conditioners. They also sell DVD versions of the show here.
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from ella fitzgerald, james brown posted in music by pete_nice
Built in 1913 at this location in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, this theater changed hands several times until it was purchased, refurbished, and renamed the Apollo Theater by Frank Schulman in 1934.
Since the neighborhood had benefited from a large influx of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, Schulman wanted to make the theater exclusively black entertainment. He hired in-house producer Clarence Robinson, and the famous "audition night" was instituted.
In 1934, a seventeen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald won the $25 first prize for her vocal renditions of "Judy" (by Hoagy Carmichael) and "The Object of My Affection" (by Pinky Tomlin).
In 1962, James Brown recorded the album Live at the Apollo at the theater. The album was very popular (66 weeks on the Billboard charts), and led to 3 more James Brown live albums and a tv special at the Apollo.
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