Update 9/22/12
Thanks for checking out my blog. This is just a little update to inform you that work on my photography book ‘Anywhere Road’ is making good progress and I hope to have it finished and available for ordering within the next 4 weeks. More info to follow soon. J Haeske
7 Judy Ann Court, Northport, NY
In late 1962 Kerouac decided to move to Northport once again as he felt ‘silly’ when he lived too far from New York. He and his mum moved into this house on Christmas Eve of 1962. They stayed here until early summer of 1964, when, mainly due to his mum’s wish to be closer to … Continue reading
49 Earl Avenue, Northport, NY
Jack lived in this house with his mum from August 1959 to April 1961 when they moved to Florida.
Gunther’s Tap Room
One of Kerouac’s watering holes when he was living with his mum in Northport. Main Street, Northport, NY For more information see: http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/03/01/jack-kerouac-the-long-island-years/
34 Gilbert Street, Northport
The first 3 photos show the house Jack and his mum lived in from April 1958. Typical of him, the enthusiasm he felt after moving to Northport didn’t last very long and he thought about selling the house and moving to Florida as early as October of that year. As these plans didn’t materialise they … Continue reading
Northport, NY
Northport’s oldest house, built in 1761 Main Street, now imagine that in Kerouac’s time without those modern cars Northport Harbor The images in this post were chosen to invoke a stroll through Northport as Kerouac must have done countless times in the years he spent living there. Really makes me wonder how he and especially … Continue reading
94-21 134th Street, Queens
The first photo shows the home of Jack Kerouac and his mother Gabrielle in Richmond Hill. They, or rather she, with him staying with her whenever he was in New York and needed some time to relax and write, lived in this house from August 1949 to sometime in 1955 (with a short time she … Continue reading
Bowery Blues
Cooper Union seen from Cooper Square The mesh-clad building on the right is the new Cooper Union building Views down the Bowery in the next few photos This post was inspired by the reading of Kerouac’s poem ‘Bowery Blues’ on the ‘Poetry For The Beat Generation’ album he recorded with Steve Allen in 1958/’59. In … Continue reading
Horace Mann School/ Van Cortlandt Park
Approach to Horace Mann School Sports field at Horace Mann School Tillinghast Hall at Horace Mann School 242St /Van Cortlandt Park Subway station Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park Jack Kerouac went to Horace Mann School in The Bronx from 1939-1940. While there he was living with relatives in Brooklyn which meant … Continue reading
133-01 Cross Bay Blvd
The house the Kerouac family lived in from 1943 – 1948. Jack Kerouac’s Dad Leo died in this flat and Kerouac’s first published novel ‘The Town And The City’ in which he dealt with it, was also mainly written here. Queens, New York
Retracing Jack Kerouac 