Built in 1895 by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons in the style of a 16th-century French chateau, Firehouse 31 was the exterior filming location for Dr. Eric Orloff's psychiatry office in the 2002 Upright Citizens Brigade alumni film, Martin & Orloff.

The Firehouse is currently occupied by the Downtown Community Television Center, and was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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The Russian-American philosopher and writer Ayn Rand is buried at the Kenisco Cemetery in Valhalla, NY.

Rand died of heart failure on March 6, 1982 at the age of 77. Among the dignitaries at her funeral was Alan Greenspan; a six-foot floral arrangement in the shape of a dollar sign was placed near her casket.

Some of the novels written by Ayn Rand include Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem, and We the Living.

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Fictionalized in this Saturday Night Live skit (with Spanish subtitles).

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Featured in the cover art of Pure Guava, the hippie house/commune/hillbilly mansion known as Brookridge Farm was a clubhouse for Ween as they developed as musicians and as a band.

Gene Ween used to live here, and Deaner would often visit him and other friends, including Mean Ween and Guy Heller (aka "Dickey Moist" of the Moistboyz).

Deaner played in a band named Echoes with some of the Brookridge residents. Their only material was an extended version of Pink Floyd's 1971 song "Echoes."

Note: Not sure if this is the precise spot, but I think it's pretty close. If anybody has more definitive info, much appreciated.

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Singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson was walking back to his hotel room on August 12, 1973, when he saw a 19-year-old girl working in Rumpelmayer's ice cream parlor.

Una O'Keefe was working in NYC on a summer exchange program from Ireland with a friend. Nilsson walked up to the two of them, and told Una, "You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. Will you marry me?"

Una and her friend demured, and Nilsson asked them how he could prove that he had good intentions. They said they liked flowers and melons (they had never had a honeydew melon).

Nilsson went back to his hotel room, sobered up, bought the melons, and then found a florist down at the docks who was preparing for a funeral. Nilsson returned to the ice cream parlor in a limousine, and lined up rows of flowers and melons on the street outside of the limo.

The two were married later, and Ringo Starr was the best man at their wedding.

*From the documentary Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him)?

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