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Moondance Diner
was at the corner of Grand Street and 6th Avenue. The diner itself was saved and trucked off to La Barge, Wyoming, while a hotel was built on the site (formerly the James Hotel, now the Modernhaus Soho).

Via public transport:
Enter the 42 nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal at 8 th Ave and 40 th St,
-> C train toward downtown/ Brooklyn 5 stops to Canal St.
Exit NE at Thompson St. and Canal St

-> 2 minute walk to Grand St. and Canal St.

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Jonathan’s Apartment

508 Greenwich street in SoHo.
This is where Jonathan Larson wrote SUPERBIA, Tick, Tick, Boom! and Rent. Jonathan had many apartment mates and hosted many parties

Via public transport:
Enter the 42 nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal at 8 th Ave and 40 th St
-> E, C or A train toward downtown/ World Trade 4 stops to Spring St.
Exit NW at 6 th Ave and Spring St
-> 6 minute walk to 508 Greenwich.

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The Pool

The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center 1 Clarkson St, New York, NY 10014.
The pool where Larson goes swimming, a past time he had in real life.

Via public transport:
Enter the 42 nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal at 8 th Ave and 40 th St
-> A train toward downtown/Brooklyn 2 stops to W 4 th St/ Washington Square
Exit NW at 6 th ave and W 3 rd St.
-> 6 minute walk to Tony Dapolito Rec Center.

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The Strand BookStore

828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.
Larson and Susan singing in the book aisles, but Larson also sells his record collection here to fund the musicians needed for SUPERBIA.

Via public transport:
Enter the Times Square 42 nd Street station at 8 th Ave and 40 th St
-> Q train toward downtown/ Brooklyn for 1 stop to 14 th St/ Union Sq
Exit SW at 4 th Ave and 14 th St
-> 3 minute walk to 828 Broadway.

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Playwrights Horizons

416 West 42nd Street; Manhattan, New York City.
Larson does a developmental run of SUPERBIA at a not-for-profit off-Broadway theater called Playwrights Horizons, an off-Broadway theater on 42nd Street. It is part of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. This is where Larson sees Stephen Sondheim, one of his idols, who offers him positive feedback on his musical and offers a suggestion.

Seriously, just walk this. It’s only a few blocks.
Right on 8 th ave
Left on 42 nd st.
It’s only about 5 blocks total.

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The New York Theater Workshop
79 E. 4th Street.
Another filming location where Jonathan performs tick, tick …Boom!

Via public transport:Enter at Times Square 42 nd st station at 8 th ave and 40 th St.
-> W train toward downtown/ Brooklyn for 4 stops to 8 th St- NYU
Exit NW at Broadway and Waverly Pl
-> 8 minute walk to 79 East 4 th St.

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Delacorte theater
81 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

Via public transport:Enter the 42 nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal at 8 th Ave and 40 th St
-> C train uptown toward 168 th St 3 stops to 81 st St- Museum of Natural History
Exit NW at Central Park West and 81 st St.
-> 5 minute walk to 81 Central Park West

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