"every contact leaves traces"Photo links fixed. Some locations were moved. I will fix later.Results of a 3 year study on the whereabouts of Thomas Pynchon, Jr. (b. May 8, 1937)Print View: single page Interactive View: zoom in to exact locations Street View: drag orange man to street


0: 13 Columbia St
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1: Oyster Bay hamlet, Berry Hill & Sandy Hill Roads, east side
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2: Glen Cove Hospital
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3: Cody Avenue, Glenwood Landing
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4: 83 Walnut Avenue
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5: Walnut Avenue School
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6: Oyster Bay High School
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7: Cornell, Cascadilla Hall
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8: US Naval Training Center Bainbridge
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9: Norfolk Naval Shipyard
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10: Valletta, Malta
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11: USS Shenendoah Ad-26
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12: Johnny's Big Red Grill
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13: Linden Ave., Ithaca, NY
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14: 109 South St.
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15: Greenwich Village, N.Y.
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16: Riverside Drive, N.Y.
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17: 4217 11th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA
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18: 4212 Pasadena Place N.E., Seattle, WA
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19: 4754 22nd Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA
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20: 4709 1/2 9th Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA
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21: Boeing Aerospace Operations
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22: Mexico City, San Francisco 110
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23: Hotel Central
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24: Juanacatlán 170
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25: Atherton Dr., Carmel, California
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26: Quintana Roo 145
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27: Houston Ship Cannel
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28: Berkeley, California
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29: 5507 College Ave., Oakland, CA
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30: 3404 The Strand
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31: 217 33rd St.
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32: Either/Or Bookstore
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33: The Fractured Cow
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34: Beckers Bakery
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35: El Tarasco
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36: 113 W. 11th St.
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37: Charles Lane
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38: Middletown, New York
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39: 16 Kupperman Lane
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40: 836 Bancroft Way
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41: V & 2nd Streets, Eureka, CA
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42: Bazemore Lane, Trinidad, CA
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43: Jambalaya Club
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44: Mendocino County
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45: Bryant & 24th Streets, San Francisco
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46: Clovis, California
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47: Seal Rock Ranch
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48: New College, Oxford
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49: Aptos, California
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50: Soquel, California
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51: Sayulita, Mexico
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52: Boston, MA
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53: Musicians' Hall
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54: 230 W. 79th St.
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55: Upper West Side
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0: 13 Columbia St

(1900- )
13 Columbia St., Hartford, CT
Home of William H.C. Pynchon, Carrie Susan (Moyses) Pynchon & William Pynchon Jr.  (Home of Thomas Pynchon, Jr.'s paternal grandparents.  William is an instructor in natural science at Trinity College.)
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1: Oyster Bay hamlet, Berry Hill & Sandy Hill Roads, east side

 (1910-   )
MOYSES farmhouse:  East side of Berry Hill and Sandy Hill Roads intersection.
Carrie (Moyses) Pynchon & children:  William Jr., Elizabeth, Angeline, Joseph & Thomas (Sometime before 1910 Thomas Pynchon, Jr.'s grandparents, William & Carrie, move to Oyster Bay.  January 2, 1910 William H.C. Pynchon dies of pnemonia.  Carrie and the 5 children are now living at the Moyses family farm. In 1910 Thomas Pynchon, Jr.'s father is 3 years old).
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2: Glen Cove Hospital

(1937)
101 Saint Andrews Lane, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York
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Birthplace of Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (b. May 8, 1937)


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3: Cody Avenue, Glenwood Landing

(1937- )
Cody Avenue, Glenwood Landing, Long Island
Thomas Pynchon Jr. lived in a house on Cody Avenue, Glenwood Landing when he was a baby.
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4: 83 Walnut Avenue

(c. 1941?-1953)
83 Walnut Avenue, East Norwich, N.Y. 11732
Pynchon's home during his youth and high school years.
 
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5: Walnut Avenue School

60 Walnut Avenue, East Norwich, N.Y.
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(Thomas Pynchon, Jr. attended primary school at Walnut Avenue School just down the block from the family home)


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6: Oyster Bay High School

150 East Main St., Oyster Bay, N.Y. 11771
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Pynchon's middle & high school. Oyster Bay historian John Hammond was Tom's classmate.


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7: Cornell, Cascadilla Hall

(1953-1955)
Pynchon at Cornell

1953 – 54:  58EP 1804 Kline Rd

1954- 55:  57A Mennen

(Sept. 1953 - June 1954: Top floor, second room on the left as you enter from the stairway)
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8: US Naval Training Center Bainbridge

(1955-  )
U.S. Naval Training Center-Bainbridge, Port Deposit, MD 20904
"wearing a Donald Duck hat"
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9: Norfolk Naval Shipyard

(1956-1957)
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA 23709
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10: Valletta, Malta

(1956-1957)
"Tin Can" USS Hank DD702
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11: USS Shenendoah Ad-26

Jolly Jack Tar, Radarman 3rd Class
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12: Johnny's Big Red Grill

(1957-1959)
Cornell: 1957 – 58:  702 E Buffalo Street 
 
Johnny's Big Red Grill, 204 Dryden Road, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
Farina & Pynchon hung out at Johnny's Big Red Grill.
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13: Linden Ave., Ithaca, NY

(1958)
Linden Ave., Ithaca, NY
(Fall of 1958: Lives off and on with Richard Farina & Mike Curtis)


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14: 109 South St.

109 South Street, New York, N.Y. 10038

('58/'59 winter break: visited a friend?)
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15: Greenwich Village, N.Y.

(1959-1960)
Living with friends in Greenwich Village & Riverside Drive
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16: Riverside Drive, N.Y.

(1959-1960)
Living with friends in Greenwich Village & Riverside Drive
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17: 4217 11th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA

(March 8, 1960)
4217 11th Ave. N.E., Seattle 5, WA 98105
(received mail and may have lived here) 


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18: 4212 Pasadena Place N.E., Seattle, WA

(October/November 1960)
4212 Pasadena Place, N.E., Seattle 5, WA 98105
(received mail and may have lived here.  Coincidentally, Stephen Tomaske lived here as a toddler when his mother worked for Boeing)
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19: 4754 22nd Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA

( ? ) 4754 22nd Ave. N.E., Seattle 5, WA
(Appears in Seattle phone book as: 4754-22dNE)
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21: Boeing Aerospace Operations

(1960-1962)
7755 E. Marginal Way, Seattle, WA 98108
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22: Mexico City, San Francisco 110

(November 23 [?], 1962)
San Francisco bis 110 Mexico 12, D.F.
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23: Hotel Central

(March 9, 1963)  
Hotel Central (Rm 32) Avenue Juares 111 Guanajuato, GTO. Mexico
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24: Juanacatlán 170

(June 29, 1963)
Juanacatlan 170 Colonia Condesa Mexico 11 D.F. Mexico
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25: Atherton Dr., Carmel, California

(August 1963) 
Atherton Dr., Carmel, California
(best man at Richard & Mimi Farina's wedding.  
Stayed at Colleen Creedon's guest cottage)
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26: Quintana Roo 145

(March 27, 1964) 
Quintana Roo 145 Colonia Hipodromo Mexico 11, D.F., Mexico
 
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27: Houston Ship Cannel

(1964)
Houston, TX
Lived somewhere near the ship channel. Irony: could Pynchon have lived in Channelview  (see Inherent Vice)?

In late May or Early June of 1964 Tom bumps into his Seattle friends Phyllis & Fred Gebauer after a concert.  Phyllis is working on her M.A. at University of Houston; Fred is working at NASA's  Advanced Spacecraft Technology Division.

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29: 5507 College Ave., Oakland, CA

(1967) 
5507 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618  
1967 Cornell University Directory of Living Alumni; married to Mary Tharaldsen?


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30: 3404 The Strand

(1965-1974)
3404 The Strand, Manhattan Beach, California 90266 [aka 3405 Ocean Drive]
(Evelyn Guy's beachfront home before 1974, a few blocks away from 33rd St. Evelyn's friend BJ lived on the 2nd floor, Pynchon lived on the 1st floor. VW parked in front was possibly Pynchons)
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31: 217 33rd St.

(1965-1974)
217 33rd St., Manhattan Beach, California 90266
(Apartment was decorated with pigs: pig posters, pig photos, pig paintings, pig pictures in the hall, pigs on the bathroom walls, pigs of every size and colour)
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32: Either/Or Bookstore

124 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, California 90254
(alleged customer)
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33: The Fractured Cow

3301 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach, California 90266
(spent a lot of time at this local hangout. Moon's Market next door) 
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34: Beckers Bakery

1025 Manhattan Ave. Manhattan Beach, CA
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35: El Tarasco

316 Rosecrans Ave., Manhattan Beach, California  90266
(known to put away a burrito or two at this little Mexican joint)
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36: 113 W. 11th St.

(early 70s)
113 W. 11th St., (West Village) New York, N.Y. 10011
(lived off & on in Kirk & Faith Sale's basement apartment, below Donald Barthelme.  Ray's Pizza on the corner)
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37: Charles Lane

(? mid 1970s)
Rumor:  Charles Lane, Greenwich Village
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38: Middletown, New York

(1973)
Middletown, New York
(patient of Dr. Blumenthall)


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39: 16 Kupperman Lane

(1974?)
16 Kupperman Lane, Monsey, New York 10952
(visited friends, discussed history & jazz, enjoyed a tenor saxophone)
[Carter's Tenor Sax must have made an impression on Tom]


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40: 836 Bancroft Way

(1975) 
836 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94710
(Thomas Schaub played bridge with Tyrone Slothrop, or was it Thomas Pynchon?)
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41: V & 2nd Streets, Eureka, CA

V & 2nd Streets, Eureka, CA
A friend of Pynchon's lived near here.  
Most likely from the 1970s.
My source was anonymous to me, but
I was told he was a friend of Pynchon.
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42: Bazemore Lane, Trinidad, CA

(1976-1977)
187 Bazemore Ln., Trinidad, California  95570
A small cabin about 40 yards east of main house.  Raymond Carver also stayed here at
one time. (Probably wrote a portion of Vineland here. 
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Bazemore Lane
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43: Jambalaya Club

915 H Street, Arcata, CA
Vineland's Humbalaya is Arcata's Jambalaya
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44: Mendocino County

(1970s-1980s)
Rumor:  
Pynchon was a presence in Mendocino County.  Pynchon probably did not live in Mendocino, but passed through on more than one occasion.  Maybe Bruce Anderson knows more than he's letting on.
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45: Bryant & 24th Streets, San Francisco

(1977-1979)
Bryant & 24th Streets, San Francisco, CA
An anonymous tip from Tom's friend.


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46: Clovis, California

(mid 1970s to 1984) 24943 Auberry Road, Clovis, Cal. 93612
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No doubt, Tom visited his friends David Shetzline & Mary F. Beal at their cabin in Clovis.


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47: Seal Rock Ranch

(mid 1970s) 5665 BEAVER CREEK ROAD, Seal Rock, Oregon 97376

Tom likely visited his friends David Shetzline & Mary F. Beal at their Seal Rock Ranch.


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48: New College, Oxford

(1979)
Rumor: New College, Oxford,  United Kingdom
(Update: my source has letter from Pynchon postmarked May 1979 from London,
so this location is now fact)
Research at Bodelian library, a very good tiddlywinks player.  Possibly
deported for "questionable" literature.
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49: Aptos, California

(1983-1990?)  
Aptos, California
(Ask Marine Captain Esberg from Pasadena about this house & the Mystery Insight)

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50: Soquel, California

(1980s)
Rumor:  Soquel, California
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51: Sayulita, Mexico

(1980s?)
Rumor:  Sayulita, Mexico
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52: Boston, MA

(1987-1988)
Boston, MA
(Possibly just received mail via Pynchon's publisher Little, Brown and Company)


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53: Musicians' Hall

(2005?) 
322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036
(Piano concert: Chums of Chance &
the Trombonist from Hell)
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54: 230 W. 79th St.

(1990-2008)

230 W. 79th St., 64N, Upper West  Side, New York 10024 
(Pynchon was here, 
for a long time too.)
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55: Upper West Side

Upper West Side, NY
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