Pynch at cornell

[Chris Sweet]

Shirley Lim wrote:
> 
> I'm at Cornell for a while, and wondering if there are any Pynchon spots
> of interest. Turns out the building where he went to Nabokov's lectures
> has been torn down, but if anyone has any hangouts where he, well, hung
> out, or (look of unaccoustomed darkness flashing across eyes) his dorm
> room (or hall for that matter), I could check 'em out. I'd post photos on
> the net too, if anyone cared.
> 
> Gershom Bazerman(from the wrong address)
> 
> P.S. In GR, the PNS could have been rather than Pynchon News Service, just
> a bad pun. Say it. Pe. En. Es.  Peenes. Penis.


There's a pamphlet called "A Literary Walking Tour of Ithaca" or
something
along those lines. I used to have a copy when I lived up in the area.
It has, among other things, one of Pynchon's former residences. I
believe its the second to last house at the very top of East Buffalo st,
the
street that seems to go up at about a 50 degree angle. Also, in
Collegetown,
there is the bar thats in Farina's novel. Can't remember the name but it
was still open about 3 years ago.

-chris