metro area: new york / northern new jersey / long island, NY-NJ-PA
paul simon’s childhood home
from paul simon, simon and garfunkel posted in music by donkeyoti
The Simon family moved to this home from Newark, NJ in 1945. Paul Simon's father, Louis Simon, was a college professor, upright bass player, and dance bandleader. His mother, Belle (1910–2007), was an elementary school teacher.
Paul Simon's musical career began after meeting Art Garfunkel when they were both 11. They performed in a production of Alice in Wonderland for their sixth grade graduation.
view full location details...“ghetto 4 life”
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Banksy's Ghetto 4 Life piece in the South Bronx for BETTER OUT THAN IN was near the corner of 153rd Street and Elton Avenue.
view full location details...hammer boy
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Banksy's stencil of a boy playing a carnival strongman game for day 20 of BETTER OUT THAN IN in New York was right here on the side of a building on the Upper West Side.
view full location details...parsons junior high school (former)
from simon and garfunkel posted in music by donkeyoti
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in the same predominantly Jewish neighborhood Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York, just three blocks away from each other.
Friends throughout childhood, the two attended Parsons Junior High School together before they both went to Forest Hills High School.
Parsons Junior High School closed in 2007 and reopened as two schools: the Robert F. Kennedy Middle School and the Queens School of Inquiry.
view full location details...two paintings under the high line
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
This was a temporary one, a pair of paintings by Brazilian artists Os Gêmeos on West 24th St. under the High Line complete with security and refreshments. It was up from October 18th–20th.
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