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Aka California State Route 1, a particularly beautiful highway that runs up much of the Pacific coast of California

The Scarborough Fair originated in the middle ages, and lower-key commemorative celebrations continue today

Cooper was born and bred in Detroit

The third largest city in California, and tenth largest in the USA.

The Dakota is a celebrated co-op on Manhattan’s upper west side. It was featured in the film Rosemary’s Baby and, most relevantly to this song, was the home of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and the site of the latter’s murder. The “she” in this line most likely refers to Ono

In 2013, Granada’s city hall decided to dedicate a city square to him, renaming it “Joe Strummer Plaza”. The dedication was decided upon after presentation of a popular Facebook petition suggesting such. Oh mi corazon!

Joe Strummer fled to Grenada in 1984 as The Clash disintegrated

Roger Waters spray painted these lyrics on the Israeli aparthied wall while visiting the West Bank city of Bethlehem on June 21, 2006, the day before he performed in the Arab/Israeli Peace Village Neve Shalom. He had originally scheduled the concert for Hayarkon Park outside Tel Aviv, but moved it after discussions with Palestinian artists and Israeli refuseniks about the Palestinian call for an international cultural boycott against Israel’s inhumane and illegal policies. He wrote about the experience in The Guardian

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Two years previously, Waters had helped launch the social justice organization War on Want’s campaign against the wall

Here’s the wikipedia page summarizing various positions in a more balanced way on the Israeli West Bank barrier

Rivington Street runs across Manhattan’s Lower East Side from the Bowery almost all the way east to East River Park

Rivington and Forsyth in NYC

The song title is a reference to the intersection of Hollywood Blvd and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Hennepin Avenue is an iconic street in Minneapolis featured prominantly in Prince’s Purple Rain among other works. Apparently a bit less seedy than it used to be, it has become a popular parade route and has been the location of Minneapolis' annual LGBT pride parade since the 1990s. Below is an image of the 2002 parade at the interesection of Hennepin Ave and 9th street: