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New York, New York: Nikola Tesla Died Here

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Address:
305 W. 34th St., New York, NY
Directions:
Plaque mounted on the outside wall of The New Yorker hotel. On the north side of W. 34th St., about a hundred feet west of 8th Ave. and the Tick-Tock Diner on the corner.
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Nikola Tesla Died Here

See the building where the greatest genius of modern times -- or maybe just a crackpot -- lived and died. You can still rent his room!

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [12/07/2009]

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Tesla Room plaque.

Nikola Tesla Died Here

There are plaques on the doors of Tesla's room and study -- rooms that can still be rented.

[Jody High, 10/27/2016]

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