Bob Arihood, who took the shot above, documented the scene on Avenue A and Sixth Street on Neither More Nor Less after Merlin passed away on Aug. 16, 1996...
As Bob wrote:
A wake and vigil of considerable moment, lasting for the better part of 2 weeks , was held in the neighborhood at Merlin's corner . Some nights the sidewalk and street around the memorial were so densely packed with people that it seemed that everyone in the neighborhood and the surrounding communities was attending , crowded together ,all kinds of folks , from all professions and callings , from high and low paying their respects to Merlin .
Here's Merlin on his corner as many people here remember him...
Jeremiah also writes about Merlin today, asking the following: "Could such a memorial happen for a homeless man in the East Village today?"
5 comments:
Between reading yours and Jeremiah's blogs about Merlin, it makes me wish I knew that kind of neighborhood, and a man like that. I'm one those lame college kids who aren't originally from the city, recently moved into the East Village, but I guess I also wanted to tell you now that reading these blogs makes me feel like part of the EV, even if most of the time I'm still outside looking in.
But actually I wanted to point your attention to a google books link I found, because I wanted to know more about Merlin. Looks like he wrote a bit about his life. Lots of nice reflection.
http://books.google.com/books?id=f2poGlSBM6UC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=paul+hogan+merlin&source=bl&ots=WJBKtidVA-&sig=dHeApLkZ2nfUc31QieCfZa5EhEg&hl=en&ei=MQRsTK9kgYKUB5ONvegB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=paul%20hogan%20merlin&f=false
Sorry about the html vomit, hehe.
burn in hell, jackie.
mad corny.
don't really burn in hell, unless you deserve it. then, may the lord teach you to worry about yourself, and not homeless random person
Eek... well that wasn't too nice. Ooh well. That's the internet for ya.
It's all good, Jackie. Thanks for the comment... and thanks for reading...
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