metro area: new york / northern new jersey / long island, NY-NJ-PA
monmouth medical center
from bruce springsteen posted in music by corporate_sunshine
The Boss was "Born to Run" here (ouch) on September 23, 1949. At the time, it was called Monmouth Memorial Hospital.
view full location details...audobon ballroom
from malcolm x posted in history by donkeyoti
After Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam in 1964, he formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). The group held weekly meetings at the Audubon Ballroom until February 21, 1965, when Malcolm X was assassinated at this location by Nation of Islam member Talmadge Hayer (as well as two other accused shooters).
Since then, the ballroom and property was purchased by Columbia University and converted into a public/private biotech research park. Through a series of protests, the original façade was maintained and converted to the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center.
view full location details...dewitt clinton high school
from stan lee, will eisner posted in comic books by pete_nice
Established in 1897, the Governors (school mascot) have produced a number of notable alumni.
Specific to the comic book world, Stan Lee (class of 1939- Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, father of Marvel Comics), Will Eisner (class of 1936- The Spirit, father of the modern graphic novel format) and Bill Finger and Bob Kane (class of 1933- creators of Batman) all graduated from Dewitt Clinton.
view full location details...sleepy hollow cemetery
from washington irving posted in literature by pete_nice
Built in 1849, the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable Americans, including the author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", Washington Irving (1783–1859).
The churchyard of a colonial-era church, built here in 1684 by Dutch settlers, is the setting for Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" story. It's also where the headless Hessian horsemen is buried...
William Rockefeller (1841–1922), New York head of the Standard Oil Company, is buried at Sleepy Hollow. So is Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), who famously bequeathed $12 million to her dog.
view full location details...woodlawn cemetery
from herman melville posted in literature by pete_nice
On November 14, 1851, Moby-Dick was published for the first time in New York. The book was written by Herman Melville and was rooted in his own experiences in the US Navy and as a merchant marine in the South Seas.
Herman Melville died in 1891, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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