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rice park
from f. scott fitzgerald posted in literature by donkeyoti
In Rice Park, there is a statue (by artist Michael Price) dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
593/599 summit
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Fitzgerald's wrote "This Side of Paradise" while living at this building. In 1919, when he received word that the publisher accepted it, he ran up and down Summit Avenue, stopping traffic to tell drivers of his success.
He and Zelda were married shortly after publication of this novel.
f. scott fitzgerald childhood home
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Fitzgerald also lived at this apartment with this family when he was a child.
f. scott fitzgerald childhood home
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Fitzgerald lived here with his mother, father, and sister (and a servant) when the 1910 census was taken.
He was 13 years old.
the commodore hotel
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, lived here when their daughter, Scottie, was born in 1921.
In 1921 Fitzgerald wrote: "We got to the Commodore in St. Paul, and while the leaves blew up the street we waited for our children to be born."
The Commodore is available for private bookings, and apparently has a limited public use once a year.