metro area: new york / northern new jersey / long island, NY-NJ-PA
empire state building
from king kong posted in movies by pete_nice
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Construction started in 1929 and finished in 1931.
The 1933 film King Kong depicted the eponymous gargantuan shimmying to the top of this building in stop-motion awesomeness.
A description from the 1998 documentary The Cruise, as presented by Tim "Speed" Levitch:
"1,476 feet of organized granite and limestone. 6400 windows... 7 miles of elevator shafts. A slice of the state of Indiana vaulted on the corner of 34th st and 5th ave. King Kong climbed it."
That guy has a way with words...
view full location details...woody’s village saloon
from young adult posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Massapequa Park, NY is the stand-in for the small town of Mercury, Minnesota in the Jason Reitman/Diablo Cody movie Young Adult. Charlize Theron first encounters Patton Oswalt here at Woody's Village Saloon.
tiffany and co.
from breakfast at tiffany’s, audrey hepburn posted in movies by pete_nice
The 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's had many exteriors and interiors filmed at this location, the flagship store of Tiffany and Co.
Directed by Blake Edwards, the film was an adaptation of the 1958 novella by Truman Capote. The number of cultural references that have stemmed from this film are too numerous to list, but my personal favorite is Deep Blue Something's tune, "Breakfast at Tiffany's". It's a toe-tapper.
view full location details...foxwoods theatre
from spiderman: turn off the dark posted in comic books by pete_nice
Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark is the most expensive Broadway production ever performed. It features music and lyrics written by Bono and the Edge. Since its creation, it has seen a number of cast injuries from the aerial "web" stunts; at one point, an actor fell 20 ft down into the orchestra pit.
However, Spiderman: The Musical marches on, so get your ticket before it becomes an early 21st century anecdote.
view full location details...forest hills tennis stadium
from bob dylan, the beatles, jimi hendrix posted in music by pete_nice
This location used to be a major concert site. The Beatles played here to screaming fans in August 1964. Bob Dylan played here the day after he went electric in Newport Beach. Jimi Hendrix opened up for The Monkees here, before he quit the tour because he couldn't stand their music.
The stadium hasn't hosted a tennis tournament since 1977 and is currently in a state of disrepair.
view full location details...