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Sep 6
tommygunningsharks:

Think Scott Fitzgerald’s birthplace should be memorialized? So did the guy who lived in the apartment where he was born—to the tune of selling it for a quarter mil and using the proceeds to start his own Fitzgerald legacy non-profit. Way to go, literary philanthropy! 
Sidebar: I’m pretty sure this move solidifies the Twin Cities as a potentially awesome roadtrip: Mary Tyler Moore statue in Minneapolis; Fitzgerald legacy society in St. Paul. Huzzah for U.S. pop culture! 
Details: http://www.twincities.com/ci_21329185/owner-f-scott-fitzgeralds-st-paul-birthplace-wants 

tommygunningsharks:

Think Scott Fitzgerald’s birthplace should be memorialized? So did the guy who lived in the apartment where he was born—to the tune of selling it for a quarter mil and using the proceeds to start his own Fitzgerald legacy non-profit. Way to go, literary philanthropy! 

Sidebar: I’m pretty sure this move solidifies the Twin Cities as a potentially awesome roadtrip: Mary Tyler Moore statue in Minneapolis; Fitzgerald legacy society in St. Paul. Huzzah for U.S. pop culture! 

Details: http://www.twincities.com/ci_21329185/owner-f-scott-fitzgeralds-st-paul-birthplace-wants