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Visit to 421 Broome Street Today
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Meryl on April 05, 2009, 02:53:37 pm ---How interesting, all that background info on the paintings! Thanks for posting more, John. :-*
It's so great to be able to make these little pilgrimages to Heath's haunts. I'm glad everyone is able to enjoy them with John and me, thanks to John's magic, magnifique I-Phone and his inimitable eye for a great shot. 8)
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Or Meryl saying, Oh, let's ask the waiter if there's some info about the artist (no information was posted AT ALL) as we were wondering it was a permanent installation (me) or temporary (Meryl)--and, it turned out we were both right--except we wouldn't have known it other for Ms. Meryl--
Or Meryl saying, Oh, the drum posters are really interesting, and I say, Yes, it is, and Meryl says, Oh, did you take a picture? Duh.
Oh, yeah, my 'magic', huhn! ::)
We have a lot of fun, though! ;D
Meryl:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on April 05, 2009, 03:33:57 pm ---
Or Meryl saying, Oh, let's ask the waiter if there's some info about the artist (no information was posted AT ALL) as we were wondering it was a permanent installation (me) or temporary (Meryl)--and, it turned out we were both right--except we wouldn't have known it other for Ms. Meryl--
Or Meryl saying, Oh, the drum posters are really interesting, and I say, Yes, it is, and Meryl says, Oh, did you take a picture? Duh.
Oh, yeah, my 'magic', huhn! ::)
We have a lot of fun, though! ;D
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I guess some teams were made in Heaven. ;D
retropian:
I love all of your pic's of NYC. As you know, one of my favorite places in the world. Not that I've seen the world in its entirety, but NYC is the place I'm drawn to. The pic's of your visits to and around Broome St. are extra special though. I I ever win the lottery, I'm moving to Manhattan. ;D
optom3:
Thankyou so much for giving us a little slice of the immediate ambience of Heath's
neighbourhood. I loved seeing it all and as so many others have siad, it almost seems like I have been there myself. I just wish it still did not hurt so much.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Meryl on April 05, 2009, 05:11:06 pm ---I guess some teams were made in Heaven. ;D
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Thanks, Partner! ;)
--- Quote from: retropian on April 05, 2009, 06:23:42 pm ---I love all of your pic's of NYC. As you know, one of my favorite places in the world. Not that I've seen the world in its entirety, but NYC is the place I'm drawn to. The pic's of your visits to and around Broome St. are extra special though. I I ever win the lottery, I'm moving to Manhattan. ;D
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Thank you for the kind words re the photos! We love wandering around and experiencing and documenting. In re Manhattan, I am very blessed--I love my hometown, and yes, in that regard, I sometimes feel as though I won an unearned lottery.
--- Quote from: optom3 on April 05, 2009, 08:26:39 pm ---Thankyou so much for giving us a little slice of the immediate ambience of Heath's
neighbourhood. I loved seeing it all and as so many others have said, it almost seems like I have been there myself. I just wish it still did not hurt so much.
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Thank you again. I'm glad people like seeing where Heath lived, for a sort time, and what he really seemed to like. I'm glad that Meryl and I finally decided to go to have a Heath Day lunch at L'Orange Bleue, just across the street from 421 Broome. I was also glad to learn about the Nikki Schiro 'drummer' paintings there, and that they were installed in early December 2007, a few months after Heath moved to Broome Street, and more than a month before died. I like to think he might have noticed them and liked them.
Here's another thing people might find very interesting--
One of the (infamous) places that Heath frequented (even in his last week) was the Beatrice Inn, owned by Paul Sevigny, Chloë's brother--
http://nymag.com/listings/bar/beatrice-inn/
The Beatrice Inn
Critics' Pick
285 W. 12th St., New York, NY 10014
nr. W. 4th St.
212-243-4626
--which is less than a bar than a private club--I've certainly never been there. Well, now we can get a very interesting peek at the interior, thanks to this YouTube video immediately below. It was created and posted by the (somewhat eccentric) singer Rory Guinness (of the band I-Lash) singing his song 'Are You the Guy with the Sports Car,' while entering the downstairs level of the club, being greeted by the usual demi-monde habitués (Rory and his sister, Rebecca, are definitely in the club, as is Josh Hartnett), walking upstairs, all around, then going back downstairs all the way back to the entry. If a picture is better than a thousand words, than moving pictures, carefully choreographed and styled clubber-kids and music will definitely tell you everything you wanted to know about Heath's Manhattan world. I even like the music! Take a look:
The Interiors (and Denizens) of the Beatrice Inn (3:23)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBeq8hJDvt4&eurl[/youtube]Posted to YouTube:
December 15, 2008
"Are you the guy with the Sports Car???"
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