Excellent post, thank you. The Melville history in lower Manhattan has been of great interest to me lately, especially after reading the novel “Spadework for a Palace” by Krasznahorkai, where the author is obsessed with tracing Melville’s footsteps from the years he lived on East 26th and worked at the customs house
Great post! As a resident NYC'er, I'd love to see more Melville acknowledgement. This isn't the first historical plaque I've heard of disappearing – it seems to be a common fate for history in such a fast-moving city, unfortunately.
Excellent work Adam. I look forward to the next instalment. It is unlikely I will ever get to NYC to see these remnants of HM but I will direct others to them.
Excellent post, thank you. The Melville history in lower Manhattan has been of great interest to me lately, especially after reading the novel “Spadework for a Palace” by Krasznahorkai, where the author is obsessed with tracing Melville’s footsteps from the years he lived on East 26th and worked at the customs house
This book is new to me but I’ll be ordering it ASAP, thanks!
Great post! As a resident NYC'er, I'd love to see more Melville acknowledgement. This isn't the first historical plaque I've heard of disappearing – it seems to be a common fate for history in such a fast-moving city, unfortunately.
Excellent work Adam. I look forward to the next instalment. It is unlikely I will ever get to NYC to see these remnants of HM but I will direct others to them.
I live in NYC and a few times in the past couple decades I’ve walked over to 26th Street but couldn’t find the plaque. Now I know why!