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banksy’s naked man hanging from a window
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Banksy's 'naked man hanging from a window' can be viewed from Park Street in Banksy's home town of Bristol.
view full location details...kurt cobain sees the melvins
from nirvana, the melvins posted in music by elvis_crabs
According to the journal of Kurt Cobain, he was hanging out near the Montesano Thriftway grocery store in the summer of 1983 when a "short-haired employee box boy" handed him a flyer. The flyer was for a free rock show behind the grocery store the next night, and the box boy was King Buzzo of The Melvins.
Cobain was first exposed to punk rock by The Melvins, and it was the beginning of a long relationship between the groups. It was through them that he would meet bass player Krist Novoselic. Cobain roadied for The Melvins in the late 80's, and Melvin's drummer Dale Crover played on early Nirvana demos (before Dave Grohl).
view full location details...one of buckminster fuller’s first geodesic domes
from buckminster fuller posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
In 1953, Buckminster Fuller was commissioned by the architect of the Nautilus Motor Inn in Woods Hole to design a building for the Inn's restaurant. The geodesic dome that Fuller constructed with the help of his students in 1954 is his oldest surviving geodesic dome and one of the first built for commercial use.
The Dome Restaurant closed in 2002, and as of 2008, there were plans for Fuller's grandnephew to oversee the restoration of the building.
hewlett-packard’s garage
from the hewlett-packard company posted in technology by elvis_crabs
Hewlett-Packard was started in the one-car garage of this residence by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.
Started with $538 of start-up capital in 1939, the 2011 total equity of the company was valued at $38.62 billion.
view full location details...cactus restaurant
from nirvana posted in music by elvis_crabs
This restaurant was one of the last places Kurt Cobain was seen alive, prior to his death in April of 1994. His former home, where his body was found, is nearby on Lake Washington Blvd.