St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and
political movements. Here Frank O'Hara caroused, Emma Goldman
plotted and the Velvet Underground wailed. Ada Calhoun tells the
"Fascinating" (Village Voice) many-layered history of the
street-from its beginnings as a pear orchard to today's hipster
playground-organised around the pivotal moments when critics
declared "St. Marks is dead". In this "timely, provocative, and
stylishly written book." (The Atlantic), enriched by interviews and
rare images, Calhoun profiles iconic characters from W.H. Auden to
Abbie Hoffman, from Keith Haring to the Beastie Boys. St. Marks has
variously been an elite address, an immigrants' haven, a mafia
warzone, a hippie paradise and a backdrop to the film Kids-but it
has always been a place that outsiders call home.
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