metro area: new york / northern new jersey / long island, NY-NJ-PA
herman melville’s birthplace
from herman melville, moby dick posted in literature by pete_nice
Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, "Bartleby the Scrivener" and many other works, was born at this location on August 1, 1819 when it was 6 Pearl Street. Today, Pearl Street no longer exists at this location and it's the home of the 17 State Street tower.
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from fashion, ralph lauren posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Ralph Lifshitz was born on October 14, 1939, and grew up at this home in the Bronx in the 1950s (two blocks away from fashion designer Calvin Klein). After changing his name to Ralph Lauren at the age of 16, the fashion designer went on to found the Polo Ralph Lauren company.
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from fashion, calvin klein posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Fashion designer and business tycoon Calvin Klein grew up at this address in the Bronx in the 1950s, two blocks away from Ralph Lauren (then Ralph Lifshitz), even though the two never met at that time.
view full location details...robot with barcode
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Here is Banksy's robot with graffiti barcode for day 28 of BETTER OUT THAN IN. It's located on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island.
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from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
"This site contains blocked messages"
Day 27 of Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN on the side of a building in Greenpoint.
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