The Paris Review checks in with a wistful feature on Taylor Mead, the 87-year-old writer-actor-performer-Warhol-star ... who moved to New York in the late 1950s...
A few things from the article ... Lucien on First Avenue is his favorite restaurant — "it’s one of the few places he leaves the apartment for." Also, the landlord is apparently trying to boot Taylor from his rent-stabilized Ludlow Street apartment. The heat was off all winter.
With a nod to its headline, "Taylor Mead's Lost East Village," writer Craig Hubert notes that "People and places are gone for good, and during our conversation the East Village begins to sound more and more like a ghost town. Taylor is the last resident, the final holdout."
Perhaps ... but...
Taylor wanted to make clear that, although the neighborhood has changed drastically, he still enjoys being here. “I love my neighborhood. And I love the new yuppies, they’re very nice. They help me get out of cabs.”
Read the full piece here.
"He was especially excited about how the book will embarrass his high-society family in Michigan." caught my eye in the PR article. Was Taylor Meade the original fauxhemian?
ReplyDeleteGod bless you Taylor Meade.
ReplyDeleteps - who's the landlord??
See? Just because one is a longtime EV resident & old boho fart doesn't mean you have to be a cranky, bitter, complaining bore. I LOVE Taylor Meade and I love his eternally positive attitude.
ReplyDeletehaven't seen taylor in a while-we used to drink together a bit at dba. glad he's ok.
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