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Paul Stanley
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Paul Stanley

Musician

Born 1952 in Queens

Born and raised in NYC Wikipedia

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Neighborhoods

Wikipedia ties Paul Stanley to Inwood in Manhattan and Kew Gardens in Queens. A tie, not always an origin

On the map at 75th Road

75th Road, Queens: His family moved to an apartment building on this block in Kew Gardens Hills in 1960.

Source: qchron.com

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    Electric Lady Studios

    1970

    Commissioned by Jimi Hendrix and opened in 1970. Paul Stanley recorded demos here in 1971 with Wicked Lester and returned with Kiss to make Dressed to Kill (1975); in the Soulquarians era Erykah Badu made Mama’s Gun (2000) here, per Wikipedia.

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Also tied to Inwood and Kew Gardens