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bukowsi’s boyhood home
from charles bukowski posted in literature by prof_improbable
After Bukowski's family moved from Germany, sailed across the ocean to Baltimore, and traversed the country, they arrived to live with some relatives at this address.
view full location details...charles bukowski’s birthplace
from charles bukowski posted in literature by prof_improbable
Born to an American soldier father and a German mother, Charles Bukowski started life at this location as Heinrich Karl Bukowski on August 16, 1920. Although his family left for America in 1923, Adernach still features the home with a plaque marking the site. There is a group trying to rent out the first floor of the home to make a Bukowski museum. The photo is Bukowski revisiting his birthplace.
view full location details...greystone park psychiatric hospital
from house, m.d. posted in television by prof_improbable
They filmed some scenes from House here. I bet he was curmudgeonly, yet maddeningly brilliant.
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from bob dylan, woody guthrie posted in music by prof_improbable
When Bob Dylan was nineteen years old, he would visit his idol Woody Guthrie at the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. Woody was suffering from Huntington's disease and it was the near the end of his storied life.
Of Woody Guthrie's body of work, Bob Dylan said, "The songs themselves were really beyond category. They had the infinite sweep of humanity in them."
view full location details...former 10 o’clock scholar
from bob dylan posted in music by crabapple
This Hollywood Video parking lot used to be the location of the beat coffee house The 10 O'Clock Scholar.
In the 1950s and 60s, the coffee shop was the locus of the folk music scene in the neighborhood. Artists that played there included Dave Ray, Spider John Koerner, Tony Glover, John Kolstad, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Murphy, Peter Ostroushko and Bob Dylan.