The American photographer Diane Arbus was born as Diane Nemerov to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov on March 14, 1923. The Nemerovs were a wealthy Jewish couple who lived in New York City and owned Russek's, a women's clothing store on Fifth Avenue.

Diane attended the Fieldston School for Ethical Culture (also called Fieldston), an Ivy League prep school located adjacent to Central Park in Manhattan.

Fieldston's curriculum focuses on the pursuit of social justice, racial equality, and intellectual freedom. The school and the affiliated Ethical Culture Society have been havens for secular Jews who rejected the mysticism and rituals of Judaism, but accepted many of its ethical teachings.

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One summer, the photographer Diane Arbus spent her time working in Washington Square Park. It was here in 1965 that she shot, "A young man and his pregnant wife in Washington Square Park, NY," among several others.

Upon recalling her interactions in the park, Arbus said the following:

"And there were these territories staked out. There were young hippie junkies down one row, lesbians down another—really tough, amazingly hardcore lesbians—and in the middle were winos. They were like the first echelon, and the girls who came from the Bronx to become hippies would have to sleep with the winos to get to sit on the other part with the junkie hippies. It was really remarkable and I found it very scary. I mean, I could become a million things, but I could never become that."

Hear Arbus tell the story in her own voice here.

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This address was the exterior for Robert Neville's (Will Smith) townhouse in the 2007 post-apocalyptic film I am Legend. The park directly across the street is also featured in the film, especially the Washington Square Park Arch.

I am Legend is the third remake of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same name. The other films based on this book include 1964's The Last Man on Earth (starring Vincent Price) and 1971's The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston).

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The interiors of Robert Neville's (Will Smith) apartment were shot at this location for the 2007 post-apocalyptic film I am Legend.

The films Sherlock Holmes, 28 Days Later and Meet the Parents also shot at Marcy Avenue Amory.

In I am Legend, Will Smith fights zombies with his cunning, his German Shepherd, and his pull-ups strength. Singer Mike Patton provided the guttural screams of the infected "hemocytes."

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Comedy Central's The Colbert Report debuted on October 17, 2005. In the show, the eponymous character, Stephen Colbert, is a self-aggrandizing buffoon who doesn't let facts get in the way of his "truthiness." The concept initially pitched was simply one line: "our version of The O'Reilly Factor with Stephen Colbert."

Since the show's debut, Colbert's persistent quest to feed his character's ego has succeeded in many different fields. Among the numerous honors, he now has a spider named after him (Aptostichus stephencolberti), a treadmill on the International Space Station is called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT), and an OHL team mascot (Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle).

Colbert's own titles have grown with an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Knox College and a knighthood from Queen Noor of Jordan. Current production title: Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert D.F.A. The show currently tapes at NEP Studio 54 at this address.

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