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brother ali’s room with a view

from brother ali posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

"One side of the street is Malone's Funeral Home and the
Other side's a library..."

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the fifth element

from rhymesayers posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

The Fifth Element is the storefront of the Minneapolis hip-hop record label Rhymesayers. Rhymesayers was founded in 1995 by Sean Daley (Slug), Anthony Davis (Ant), Brent Sayers (Siddiq) and Musab Saad, all members of the early-90s twin-cities hip-hop crew the Headshots. Some of the artists currently signed to Rhymesayers include Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S. and Murs.

Their retail store on Hennepin in Uptown, Minneapolis opened in 1999 and often hosts in-store performances.

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quality coffee shop

from seven posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery

Gwyneth Paltrow and Morgan Freeman meet for coffee at the Quality Coffee Shop in this feel good movie of the year.

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alexandria hotel

from seven posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery

John Doe's creepy apartment in the movie Seven was in the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Somehow after the chase with John Doe, Morgan Freeman ends up exiting the Chester Williams Building across the street... not quite sure how he got there.

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650 south spring street

from seven posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery

The library where Detective Somerset did his research on the seven deadly sins in the movie Seven was actually a bank building on 650 South Spring Street in Los Angeles. In the mid-90s, traveling to libraries to do research using books was something people did.

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