Frank O'Hara (Greenwich Village)
Frank O'Hara (1926 - 1966)The influential American poet Frank O’Hara lived at 441 East Ninth Street from 1959 to 1963. O’Hara was a leading member of the New York School of poetry as well as...
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- lunch poems
- the new amer...
- allen ginsberg
- amiri baraka
- joe lesueur
- larry rivers
- joan mitchell
- robert rauschenberg
- robert motherwell
- jane freilicher
- jackson pollock
- willem de kooning
- franz kline
- grace hartigan
- fairfield porter
- michael goldberg
- abstract exp...
- museum of mo...
- moma
- art curator
- art critic
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- american mod...
- gay poets an...
James Baldwin (Greenwich Village)
James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)The great American writer James Baldwin lived in an apartment here from 1958 through 1961. The power and eloquence of Baldwin’s varied works impacted ideas about...
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- horatio street
- greenwich vi...
- nyc
- new york city
- another country
- giovanni's room
- the fire next time
- go tell it o...
- notes of a n...
- nobody knows my name
- i am not your negro
- medgar evers
- malcolm x
- martin luther king
- jr.
- richard wright
- william f. buckley
- nina simone
- langston hughes
- lorraine hansberry
- maya angelou
- toni morrison
- beauford delaney
- richard avedon
- marlon brando
- harry belafonte
- sidney poitier
- josephine baker
- miles davis
- ray charles
- yves montand
- robert kennedy
- john f. kennedy
- 20th century...
- american civ...
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- american gay...
- 1963 march o...
- 1965 selma-t...
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- gay poets an...
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- harlem renaissance
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988)From 1983 to 1988 renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked here, a former stable owned by friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Basquiat’s paintings...
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- great jones street
- noho
- noho histori...
- nyc
- new york city
- andy warhol
- keith haring
- kenny scarf
- julian schnabel
- al diaz
- madonna
- debby harry
- david bowie
- annina nosei gallery
- mary boone gallery
- gagosian gallery
- galerie brun...
- east village...
- the mudd club
- max's kansas city
- samo© graffiti
- american gra...
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- 1981 indepen...
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Site of First PFLAG Meeting
Site of First PFLAG Meeting In 1972, Queens school teacher Jeanne Manford walked alongside her gay son, activist Morty Manford, at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, carrying a sign...
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- nyc
- new york city
- jeanne manford
- morty manford
- american gay...
- lgbtq equali...
- lgbtq support group
- the church o...
- christopher ...
- new york cit...
- gay activist...
Site of the Fillmore East
Site of the Fillmore East (1968 - 1971)Fans of live rock, folk, and blues music streamed through this entrance during the brief but memorable life of the Fillmore East. The great concert...
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- second avenue
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- new york city
- concert prom...
- the who
- jimi hendrix
- the grateful dead
- jim morrison
- the doors
- janis joplin
- big brother ...
- the allman b...
- sly and the ...
- led zeppelin
- santana
- odetta
- van morrison
- joan baez
- neil young
- fats domino
- b.b. king
- ike & tina turner
- seals & crofts
- sam & dave
- chuck berry
- jefferson airplane
- the chambers...
- the mothers ...
- ravi shankar
- the byrds
- fleetwood mac
- black sabbath
- jackson browne
- laura nyro
- the kinks
- buddy guy
- jr. wells
- leon russell
- cat stevens
- blood sweat & tears
- frank zappa
- ritchie havens
- nina simone
- derek and th...
- the youngbloods
- joe cocker
- elton john
- chicago
- chuck berry
- procol harum
- country joe ...
- crosby
- stills
- nash & young
- the incredib...
- taj mahal
- steppenwolf
- linda ronstadt
- the manhatta...
- the turtles
- emerson
- lake & palmer
- eric burdon
- the animals
- joni mitchell
- ray charles
- pink floyd
- the staple singers
- vanilla fudge
- the moody blues
- johnny winter
- miles davis
- buffy saint marie
- ian & sylvia
- traffic
- iron butterfly
- otis redding
- grace slick
- john lennon
Martha Graham
Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)The renowned pioneer of modern dance created radical new dances and rehearsed her company in this building during the 1930s and 40s. Graham also taught in a studio later...
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- fifth avenue
- greenwich village
- nyc
- new york city
- martha graha...
- graham technique
- 20th century...
- appalachian spring
- aaron copland
- isamu noguchi
- 1994 documentary
27 Cooper Square
27 Cooper Square In the 1960s, this 1845 former rooming house became a laboratory for artistic, literary and political currents. Writers LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) and Hettie Jones,...
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- east village
- nyc
- new york city
- leroi jones
- amiri baraka
- hettie jones
- yugen magazine
- totem press
- allen ginsberg
- jack kerouac
- frank o'hara
- william s. burroughs
- edward dorn
- peter orlovsky
- archie shepp
- ornette coleman
- elizabeth murray
- beat generat...
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- black mountain poets
- black arts movement
- jazz in nyc ...
- five spot ca...
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Dickerman-Steele House
Dickerman-Steele HouseThis house was built in 1878, by Edwin Dickerman for his bride Effie Steele. This plaque is in memory of their daughter, Flora, who married Jay Frank Steele. Flora lived in...
Coffman Swimming Pool
Jack's Restaurant
- 1864
- restaurant
The Detroit Industry Murals
The Detroit Industry Murals has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance as the United State's finest modern monumental artwork devoted to...
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Pierre Dugat Home Site
In 1776 Pierre Dugat received a Spanish land grant for this site, which became his plantation. Indian artifacts found on this site date from 3000 B.C. to about the eighteenth century.
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- lafayette
You Are Free
YOU ARE FREE FROM MAY 1940 UNTIL AUGUST 1945 THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT FOUND REFUGE HERE IN STATION HOUSE Submitted by @invertiert
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Cuddy & Hughes Pacific Appeal
CUDDY & HUGHES PACIFIC APPEAL LOCATED ON THE SW CORNER OF SANSOME AND MERCHANT STREETS, CUDDY AND HUGHES PRINTED THE PACIFIC APPEAL, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER THAT SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS THE...
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Kong Chow Temple, Established 1851
KONG CHOW TEMPLE ESTABLISHED 1851 KONG CHOW BENEVOLENT ASS'N. ESTABLISHED 1854 KONG CHOW BUILDING ERECTED 1977
Devil's Acre
DEVIL'S ACRE & BATTLE ROW "The Center of Sin in San Francisco" From the mid-1880s onward, the diagonally cut block bounded by Broadway, Kearny, and Columbus came to be known locally as...
Terrific Street
TERRIFIC STREET AND THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT Pacific Ave. between Kearny and Montgomery St. The devastation wrought by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire forever diminished the...
Paul Steketee & Sons
Michigan Centennial Business This plaque is issued by the historical society of Michigan in recognition of Paul Steketee & Sons Founded in 1862 For more than 100 years of...
The Condor Where It All Began
Claeys House
The Claeys House This elaborate brick and stone house was built in 1936 – 37 for Henry L. Claeys Mr. Claeys had the well-digging and plumbing supply business which he started in 1904. In...