NYC #24: Frank O'Hara, Lower East Side

 At 90 University Place:

'FRANK O'HARA

1926-1966

While living here in 1957-59, the poet,
critic, and curator wrote a monograph
about artist Jackson Pollock. His
poems dealt with urban themes in an
expressionist style analogous to
Pollock's action paintings.'

NYC #23: Emma Goldman, Lower East Side

At 210 East 13th Street:

 

'EMMA GOLDMAN
(1869 - 1940)

 

ANARCHIST, ORATOR AND
ADVOCATE OF FREE SPEECH
AND FREE LOVE,
LIVED HERE FROM 1903-13
AND PUBLISHED
THE RADICAL MAGAZINE
"MOTHER EARTH".
SHE WAS DEPORTED TO THE
SOVIET UNION IN 1919.'

NYC #15: Dawn Powell

At 9 East 10th Street:

'DAWN POWELL

1896–1965

 

The novelist, playwright and diarist lived

here from 1931 to 1942, where she wrote

Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel,

Angels on Toast, and A Time to Be Born. Born in Ohio,

she wrote perceptive novels set in Midwestern

towns, and high-spirited satires that celebrated

life in New York City. All but forgotten after

her death, her work enjoyed an

extraordinary revival in the 1990's.'

NYC #14: Joseph Papp

At 40 East 9th Street:

 

'JOSEPH PAPP

 

1921–1991

 

The dynamic founder and impresario of the

New York Shakespeare Festival / Public Theater

began offering free performances of Shakespeare

in Central Park in 1954. In 1967 he created

The Public Theater, the most important

not-for-profit theatre in the country.

Papp launched over 700 diverse productions,

and lived here from 1973 to 1991.'