Bank Street (Manhattan)
40°44′11.6″N 74°0′20.28″W / 40.736556°N 74.0056333°W
Bank Street is a primarily residential street in the
Bank Street is named for the
Historical locations and notable residents
The Bank Street College of Education, which was founded in 1916 as the Bureau of Educational Experiments, was located on Bank Street from 1930 to 1970. It retains the name but is no longer located there.[4]
Grace Jones once lived at no. 166.[2]
The former
The HB Studio, an acting studio founded in 1945 by Herbert Berghof and his wife Uta Hagen, is located at no. 120. Many notable actors have taught and studied there. Opposite, Pearl Bailey lived in no. 109 in 1968.[citation needed]
On October 16, 1971, the musicians John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved into apartment No. 105. Originally owned by Joe Butler, the former drummer of the band the Lovin' Spoonful, the apartment featured two large rooms, one of which the couple bought and the other they rented.[5] The couple's neighbors included John Cage, Bob Dylan, Jerry Rubin[5] and Merce Cunningham,[6] whose phone they would use to avoid FBI wiretapping.[7] In April 1973, Lennon and Ono moved to The Dakota building, located on the upper West Side of New York.[5]
The 17-year-old Betty Bacall, soon to be known as Lauren Bacall, moved into no. 75.[2]
Marion Tanner, inspiration for the book, play, and musical Auntie Mame lived at 72.[2]
On February 2, 1979, Sid Vicious died of a drug overdose in no. 63.[2]
The journalist
The writer John Dos Passos lived at no. 11 in 1924–25 when he worked on his novel Manhattan Transfer. His publisher, James Laughlin, lived next door at no. 9.[2] Writer Willa Cather lived at no. 5 from 1913 until 1927 when that building was demolished during the construction of extensions to the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line; it became then nos. 1–7 where Patricia Highsmith lived with her family in 1938–39.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0-8147-2712-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bank Street", New York Songlines
- ISBN 978-0-8232-1275-0. p. 25
- ^ "A History of Bank Street". Bank Street College of Education. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-7119-8307-0.
- ^ Minichiello, Michael D. (July 1, 2009). "Arnold S. Warwick". Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ Bianculli, David; Gross, Terry; and Weiner, Jon (October 8, 2010) "Uncovering The 'Truth' Behind Lennon's FBI Files", Fresh Air on NPR
- ^ Foges, Peter (May 14, 2013) "The Best Little Block in the World: Bank Street" Grand Life Hotels website