This is the address of the second Berkeley store owned by Herb Hollis where Philip K. Dick worked in the '40s. Herb Hollis was a father figure to Dick and the inspiration for characters in several of his books including Leo Bulero in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

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This is the address of University Radio and Electronics where Philip K. Dick worked in 1944 when he was fifteen. It was one of two Berkeley shops owned by Herb Hollis (the other was Art Music a few blocks away). Here Dick worked as a clerk selling radios, tvs, and appliances. The owner Herb Hollis would become the inspiration for Leo Bulero in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.

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Philip K. Dick and his fraternal twin sister Jane were born six weeks prematurely in this Chicago apartment on December 16, 1928. Jane would die not long after in January of the next year.

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914 Sound Studios was a recording studio in Blauvelt, New York during the 1970s. Created by Brooks Arthur, it was his idea to create a high-quality studio where artists could record at reasonable rates.

Bruce Springsteen recorded here in 1972 for tracks that would end up "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." The Ramones recorded their demo here in 1975.

The number 914 is the area code for Blauvelt.

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Joey Ramone lived at these apartments with his mother and brother. He recalls the experience as being an influence for the song "Beat on the Brat":

"There was a playground with women sitting around and a kid screaming, a spoiled, horrible kid just running around rampant with no discipline whatsoever. The kind of kid you just want to kill. You know, 'beat on the brat with a baseball bat' just came out. I just wanted to kill him."- Joey Ramone

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