thebronx

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Poe Cottage (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_Cottage
  • Wystan said:
    At Poe Park, in The Bronx, New York City. Dedicated on the present site on November 13, 1913.
  • Liana S said:
    I live not too far away from there :)
  • Wystan said:
    Just far enough?
  • Liana S said:
    I'm honored to live in the borough where my favorite poet once lived. It's nice to know that it's still there and it's a place that is respected. It's more like- not close enough.

Poe Cottage (LOC)

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Mrs. Chas. [i.e., Charles] Becker's (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Charles Becker "became the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder" in the summer of 1915: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker
  • Wystan said:
    Officer Becker, who was executed:
  • Art Siegel said:
    A picture of the Beckers at the time of his second murder trial in 1914: news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19140512&... The building at 2291 University Avenue in the Bronx, where Helen Becker lived, was also where her husband's body was brought following her husband's execution at Sing Sing on July 30, 1915. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9407EFDF1138E633A... The building and its neighbors look more or less the same in this 2011 Google Street View image, though the gas street lamp has been replaced by an electric one, the stained glass on the stairway windows has been replaced, the basement windows bricked in, and fire escapes added: maps.google.com/maps?q=2291+university+avenue,+n.y.&l...
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks to all of you for filling in the story. We'll add some of this information to the record the next time we update.