city: philadelphia
edgar allan poe national historical site
from edgar allan poe posted in literature by tacopolis
Between 1837 to 1844, Edgar Allan Poe lived in a number of homes in the Philadelphia area. Today, this is the only home that remains.
Poe spent five years during that period living in Phillie, and it is considered his most prolific years as a writer, completing "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Gold-Bug".
Poe moved into this address with his wife, Virginia, and his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm, in June of 1843. Before they moved to New York in April 1844, it is thought that Poe completed the stories "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", "The Balloon-Hoax", and "Eulalie" at this location. Also, it is believed that he started his most famous work, "The Raven" while at this address. This is rather hard to prove, but it helps to justify a raven sculpture outside the building (and a plaque making this assertion).
The home was purchased by Richard Gimbel (of the department store Gimbels). A fan of the writer, he refurbished the home, made it into a museum, and left it to the National Park Service in his will (which took over facility operations in 1978).
Today, the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is open to the public.
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from ween, spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Gene and Dean Ween try to steal the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall in Spike Jonze's video for "Freedom of '76."
FYI Mannequin was filmed at Philadelphia's Wanamaker's department store not Woolworth's. Apparently Ween knew this when they wrote the song, but Woolworth's sounded better.
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from twelve monkeys posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Former site of Wanamaker’s Department Store where Kathryn Railly buys their disguises near the end of Twelve Monkeys. The movie Mannequin was also filmed here in the '80s. It's currently Macy's.
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from twelve monkeys posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Cole and Kathryn Railly end up at Philadelphia's Metropolitan Opera House on their search for the Army of the Twelve Monkeys. The building was in a bad state of disrepair at the time of filming. It is currently owned by the Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival ministry which has nothing to do with that shot of the street preacher standing in front of the Met sign that I grabbed from the movie.
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from twelve monkeys posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The dream sequences and the end of Twelve Monkeys were filmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center, a former train station transformed into an airport for the movie.
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