Hunter S Thompson lived in a variety of places in New York in 1957 through 1962.
One of his books is The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, a collection of his letters during the period 1955 through 1967. It includes the addresses from which they were sent, making it possible to track the places he lived in New York.
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Dec 1957 — Jan 1958 |
110 Morningside Drive, Apt 53 (apartment shared with Jerry Hawke) On the edge of Columbia University. |
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Feb 1958 — Apr 1958 |
562 West 113th Street, Apt 5E5 On the edge of Columbia University |
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Apr 1958 — Jan 1959 |
57 Perry Street (basement apartment, with black walls) Greenwich Village |
| Dec 1959 | c/o Dick Murphy, 69 E 4th St, East Village |
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Jul 1960 — Sep 1960 |
c/o Sandy Conklin, 107 Thompson Street Just south of Houston St near Greenwich Village |
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Jan 1962 — Mar 1962 |
c/o Reynolds, 531 East 81st Street Upper East Side |
Other addresses included the following, I'm not sure when he lived in these places:
He also frequented McSorley's Irish bar, 15 East 7th Street, in the East Village.
This is on the northeast corner of the Columbia University campus.
West 122nd Street crosses Broadway traveling east, then curves to the south as it becomes Morningside Drive. It overlooks Morningside Park as it continues south and angles slightly to the east, becoming Amsterdam Avenue at the corner of 110th Street behind the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.
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Just a few blocks to the south, across the Columbia University campus. Visible below at the end of the block, on the corner of 113th and Broadway.
Tom's Restaurant, seen just as RESTAURANT on Seinfeld, is along Broadway at the south end of the same block.
Below, the building itself and the entrance.
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The street seems to have been renumbered since he lived there, this building is now #55.
Below are the views north and south on Perry Street.
East 4th Street, between Bowery and 2nd Avenue, is lined with buildings generally housing businesses on the ground floor and with five or so floors of apartments above that.
The entrance to #69 is just to the right (east) of what's now the Pageant store, which buys and sells old books, maps, and prints.
The black boxy station wagon is parked in front of it in both pictures below.
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c/o Sandy Conklin, 107 Thompson StreetJuly — September 1960He lived here with his girlfriend (and later, wife) Sandra Conklin. At right, the entrance. Below, at left, the building itself. The entrance of #107 is hidden by the tree, between the white doorway and the red "Coffee & Tea" awning. Below, at right, a view south on Thompson Street. |
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c/o Reynolds, 531 E 81st StreetJan-Mar 1962531 E 81st Street is the more reddish building at the center of the view at right. Below, the entrance and hallway. |
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A view east on 81st Street toward #531, in the shadowed area on the left side.
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A view south along Downing Street.
Thompson's friend Eugene McGarr lived in what is now known as The Armstead. They had met when both were copyboys at Time magazine.
This is one block north of Humphrey Bogart's childhood home.
McSorley's Irish bar, East 7th StreetThe exterior at right, and interior views below. For its plumbing, see its page in my Toilets of the World collection. |
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