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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 an accomplished art critic and a curator at the Museum o…
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Tompkins Square Park
Dedicated in 1906, this fountain serves as a reminder of those who died aboard the excursion steamer General Slocum on June 15, 1904. Prior to September 11, 2001, the burning of the General Slocum had the highest death toll…
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Internationally acclaimed poet and
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
lived here from August 1958 to March 1961.
His signal poem Howl (1956) helped launch
The Beat Generation.
Kaddish (1961), a mournful elegy for his m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16U9_charlie-parker-residence_New-York-NY.html
Built in 1849, the brownstone rowhouse is a rare surviving example of a residential building built in the Gothic Revival style. A style most often used for churches. Notable details include the pointed entranceway with clustered colonettes, the pr…