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city: st paul

f. scott fitzgerald childhood home

from f. scott fitzgerald posted in literature by donkeyoti

Fitzgerald also lived at this apartment with this family when he was a child.

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f. scott fitzgerald childhood home

from f. scott fitzgerald posted in literature by donkeyoti

Fitzgerald lived here with his mother, father, and sister (and a servant) when the 1910 census was taken.

He was 13 years old.

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the commodore hotel

from f. scott fitzgerald posted in literature by donkeyoti

F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, lived here when their daughter, Scottie, was born in 1921.

In 1921 Fitzgerald wrote: "We got to the Commodore in St. Paul, and while the leaves blew up the street we waited for our children to be born."

The Commodore is available for private bookings, and apparently has a limited public use once a year.

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f. scott fitzgerald birthplace

from f. scott fitzgerald posted in literature by donkeyoti

Called the San Mateo Flats by the builder, F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in the left building, second apartment up, on September 24, 1896.

His father moved the family to New York in 1898.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote several novels, short stories, poems, and coined the phrase "the Jazz Age", an era which he is most associated with.

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mickey’s diner

from a prairie home companion (2006), jingle all the way (1996), the mighty ducks (1992), d3: the mighty ducks (1996) posted in movies by prof_improbable

Mickey's Diner is an old school Art-Deco diner car, made and installed before World War II. Apparently, it has been operating non-stop since then. Featured in a number of movies, it also has good comfort food and delicious shakes.

There is a second location down W. 7th st, but this is the location featured in several films.

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