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linda boström’s apartment
from my struggle book 2 posted in literature by ratsnamgod
...First of all, I read the address, Brännkyrkagatan 92, there was something familiar about it, I had seen it somewhere, but where? Where? I wondered, scanning the list of names.
Oh, fuck it.
Linda Boström, it said.
A chill ran down my spine.
- My Struggle Book 2, Karl Ove Knausgaard
view full location details...ruby chow restaurant (former)
from bruce lee posted in movies by crabapple
After getting in numerous fights with street gangs in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was sent by his parents back to America.
He arrived in 1959, and lived and worked at the Ruby Chow restaurant in Seattle. Ruby Chow was a restauranteur that became the first Asian American to serve on the King County Council (Seattle), where she served three terms.
view full location details...dalton school
from samuel r. delany posted in literature by pete_nice
The Dalton School is a prestigious college prep school in the Ivy Preparatory School League. Founded in 1918 by Helen Parkhurst (a contemporary and colleague of Maria Montessori), Dalton was established as an "educational model that captured the progressive spirit of the age." (from wiki)
Notable folks that have attended the Dalton School include science-fiction writer Samuel R. Delany, actors Chevy Chase, Christian Slater and Claire Danes.
view full location details...dwight school
from the strokes posted in music by donkeyoti
Founded in 1872, the Dwight School went through many iterations and locations before it landed on this Upper West Side location.
A prestigious college prep school, Dwight has seen many notable alumni, including writer Truman Capote and former NYC mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.
In the music world, singer-songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarist Nick Valensi, and drummer Fab Moretti of The Strokes met and started playing together while at the school.
view full location details...chinese hospital
from bruce lee posted in movies by crabapple
Bruce Lee (née Lee Jun-fan) was born at the Chinese Hospital in San Francisco on November 27, 1940 to Lee Hoi-chuen (father) and Grace Ho (mother).
The elder Lee was a leading Cantonese opera and film actor on tour in America at the time of Bruce's birth. The family returned to Hong Kong (specifically, Kowloon) shortly after Lee was born, and within months Japan invaded Hong Kong.
Bruce Lee would return to San Francisco in 1959 at the age of eighteen.
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