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Cafe Wha? (Amy Winehouse)
Let's be honest up front, hunter: Amy Winehouse never headlined CafĂ© Wha?. Her American debut happened a few blocks east, at Joe's Pub, on January 16, 2007, with the Dap-Kings behind her and Jay-Z in the room. But the Winehouse connection to this basement on MacDougal Street is real in the way that matters for…
Dumbo Manhattan Bridge View (Once Upon a Time in America)
Let’s be honest up front, hunter: Lauryn Hill never filmed here. Her “Everything Is Everything” video — the one that made half the world want to stand on a New York street corner — was shot at Method Studios in Los Angeles, and its New York is a stylized city spinning on a vinyl record:…
“BAD” Michael Jackson
One of the most famous dance sequences in history happened underground — and you can still ride the train to the exact spot. In the winter of 1986, Martin Scorsese rolled cameras inside Brooklyn’s Hoyt–Schermerhorn station, and Michael Jackson turned a working subway into a stage. This hunt takes you underground to stand where the…
