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The Yellow Brick Road Is A Parking Lot In Peekskill, NY

Kelly Hodgkins June 1, 2011 2:06 PM

Historian John Curren believes he has found the one and only inspiration for the yellow brick road in L. Frank Baum’s popular children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Now mostly gone, the road leads to a parking lot in the small town of Peekskill, NY

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