NYC – East Village: Charlie Parker Residence

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NYC – East Village: Charlie Parker Residence

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Built in 1849, this brownstone rowhouse, at 151 Avenue B, is a rare surviving example of a residential building built in the Gothic Revival style, a style most often used for churches. Notable details include the pointed entranceway with clustered colonettes, the prominent hood molding and a refoil relief below the projecting box cornice.

From 1950 to 1954 this building was the home of Charlie "Bird" Parker, the world renowned alto saxophonist. With Chan Richardson and their three children, Parker occupied the ground floor apartment at the height of his career. Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an African-American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker is commonly considered one of the greatest jazz musicians. A founding father of bebop, Parker’s innovative approach to melody, rhythm and harmony was enormously influential on his contemporaries. Parker also became an icon for the Beat generation, and was a pivotal figure in the evolving conception of the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. At various times, Parker fused jazz with other musical styles, from classical to Latin music. He died at the age of 34. Though the official cause of death was (lobar) pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, his death was hastened by his drug and alcohol abuse.

Avenue B (between 7th & l0th Streets-along Tompkins Square Park) was renamed Charlie Parker Place in l992.

The Charlie Parker Residence was designated a landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1999.

National Register #94000262 (1994)

2 year old party foul

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Fisher knocked over Michelle’s Beer. Alcohol abuse, young man.