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Mark David Chapman (Jonas Ball), a 25 year old security guard in Hawaii, bought a plane ticket to New York with the intention of killing the
world's greatest musician and dreamer: The Beatles' John Lennon. Camping outside Lennon's apartment in New York waiting for an autograph, Chapman's childlike
obsession with this "celebrity phony" descends into madness.
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otsoNY Comments: When Chapman is riding in a taxi at the start of his first trip to New York, he is driven through Times Square. A number of stores that weren't in Times Square in 1980 clearly can be seen, including Foot Locker, a Virgin Megastore and Planet Hollywood.


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Times Square is a major commercial intersection, at the junction of Broadway
and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West
47th Street.
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Sheraton Hotel, 790 7th Avenue and West 52nd Street, Manhattan. |
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Bleecker Bob's Records, 118 West 3rd Street and MacDougal Street, Manhattan. |
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The Dakota, 1 West 72nd Street and Central Park West, Manhattan. |
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The Dakota was built in 1884 and designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh.
This 93-unit building ranged in size from 3-10 room homes.
Today many apartments have been re-configured to accommodate
larger and more expansive residences.
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