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alfred e. smith high school
from hip hop, dj kool herc posted in music by pete_nice
Original hip hop DJ Kool Herc attended the Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School in the Bronx. He got the name "Hercules" at the school because of his size and his stature, then changed it to "Kool Herc" when he was running with a graffiti crew called the Ex-Vandals.
In 1973, DJ Kool Herc threw the first hip hop dance party.
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from captain beefheart, don van vliet posted in music by crabapple
The Michael Werner Gallery in New York has exhibited paintings and published books of Don Van Vliet's (Captain Beefheart) artwork since 1991.
view full location details...not the friends fountain
from unbreakable kimmy schmidt posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
It's not the Friends fountain. People think it is, but the real one's in a studio lot in Burbank. It looks totally different.
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from archer posted in television by crabapple
Cheryl (or Carol, or Cherlene) Tunt lives in this Gilded Age mansion in the animated FX series, Archer.
The ISIS gang (the other one) relocates to Tunt Manor after they lose their headquarters in Season 5.
Cheryl keeps an ocelot locked up in an empty room with no toys...
view full location details...american literary historical center (former)
from three days of the condor posted in movies by pete_nice
The American Literary Historical Center serves as a CIA front at this location in the 1975 film, Three Days of the Condor. Joseph Turner (Robert Redford) is the "reader" turned unlikely hero when he comes back from lunch to find all his co-workers murdered.
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