Marx Brothers Place
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Marx Brothers Place
- NEW YORK, New York, US
- Last Login: 1/16/2009
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Marx Brothers Place is the historic block in Carnegie Hill NYC where the childhood home of the Marx Brothers still stands. Although it was intended to be included in the original Carnegie Hill Historic District (which would have provided protection for the block), the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission mistakenly left this incomparable block 60 feet off the protected grid. Without official Landmark status, this entire block will eventually be bulldozed (three 19th century houses have already been demolished to make room for modern condos!). We need your help to Save Marx Brothers Place !Who I'd like to meet:
Marx Brothers Fans, Historic Preservationists, Filmmakers, Writers, Comics, Actors, Theater Artists, Movie Producers, Historians, et al.
Latest Blog Entries
- Jan 16, 2009 7:14 PM Please Ask NYC LPC to Calendar Historic Marx Brothers Place for Public Hearing !
- Dec 20, 2008 12:59 AM A Holiday Wish for Marx Brothers Place !
- Dec 15, 2008 10:19 PM Please Sign Our Petitions !
- Dec 9, 2008 4:34 PM Stop the Penthouse Tower on historic Marx Brothers Place !
- Dec 9, 2008 3:40 PM Marx Brothers Place is Under Siege !
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Apr 22 2009 1:22 PM
Just click on this link and watch the Save Marx Brothers Place Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU68eslaLP0!!!
Thanks for your continued support!
Mar 17 2009 3:28 PM
After the tour, wind down with a cocktail reception and celebration in a remarkable West Village space. For more information visit:
http://www. gvshp. org/_gvshp/events/tour09-main. htm
Volunteer opportunities are available.
Nov 26 2008 9:03 PM
Nov 26 2008 2:22 PM
Nov 24 2008 7:30 PM
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Dec 11 2007 6:37 PM
Marx Brothers Place is a community effort to celebrate the creative genius of New York City's favorites sons; Groucho, Harpo, Chico & Zeppo. We hope you enjoy reading about this exciting plan to preserve the cultural heritage of these American icons, and the progress that we've already made.
Please click on the wonderful catalogue of photographs found on this page - illustrating both the worldwide appeal of these lovable brothers, as well as the unique architectural and streetscape appeal of our little New York City block East 93rd Street (off Lexington Avenue).
Also, be sure to click on the short video of the "boys" - as we like to call them - and watch the geniuses who have influenced so many generations of writers, artists, filmakers, playwrights, poets, comics and fans alike.
Marx Brothers Place is all about making sure that the block the "boys" called home is properly designated to honor the Marx Brothers contribution to our collective cultural history and New York City's gift to the world.
The childhood home of these atomic-comic icons still stands, at 179 East 93rd Street off Lexington Avenue, as an architectural symbol of the comic genius these irrepressible brothers continue to share with the world. And, in turn, out of gratitude, curiosity and deep devotion, the world continues to visit the "boys" making weekly pilgrimages to this classic New York House.
Listed in countless European Travel Guides and Walking Tours of New York City, Marx Brothers Place has remained a mecca for devoted fans who come with little more than a camera in one hand and a travelers guide in the other. Their visit to this wonderful house brings joy to both the tourists and the neighborhood which is steeped in pride for their favorite sons. Each visit also brings, yet, one more foreign language we proudly add to the list of welcome visitors.
Dec 11 2007 6:36 PM
Late in life, Groucho himself came home for a visit. Sitting in silence, while soaking up years of memories in his childhood home, he was saying goodbye to the ghosts of his mother and father - both of whom some believe still move about the building. Groucho died shortly after this emotional farewell to his beloved childhood home.
179 is a very special house. And East 93rd Street is a very special block.
The 93rd Street Beautification Association is honored to have the support of NYC Preservationist Anthony C. Wood; Seri Worden - President of the Friends of the Upper East Side and the NYC Historic Districts Council in this community-wide effort to have East 93rd Street (at the eastern corner of Lexington Avenue - where tourist alight from their buses and subways) co-named "Marx Brothers Place". We also need your support in this effort.
Please help us in this effort to co-name the block "Marx Brothers Place". Write or call your New York City Council Member; Council Speaker Christine Quinn; Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer; Congresswoman Caroline Maloney; NY State Senator Liz Krueger; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and anyone else you know who can help us get this done. Tell these people how much the Marx Brothers mean to the world. Tell them how much the Marx Brothers mean to you. And tell them how much you love the idea of co-naming the block - Marx Brothers Place!
Dec 11 2007 6:35 PM
The Marx Brothers clearly belong to the collective conscience of the global community. But their childhood, those formidable years that shaped their genius, belongs to East 93rd Street.
Thanks for listening!
Dec 11 2007 3:29 AM
By Karl Whitney
The Irish Times, Monday 27th August 2007
The steps of a small tenement house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan may not have looked like much, but to me they were a place of pilgrimage. I had flown into New York a few days beforehand, and though I had not gone to the city planning to visit number 179 East 93rd Street, I found myself drawn towards it one afternoon while strolling across Central Park from my flea-bitten hotel on the back streets of the Upper West Side.
It was November 2006, and New York's unseasonably warm weather had a sting in the tail: once the sun dipped behind the buildings, shadows were cast across the streets and the temperature dropped sharply. I made my journey east, around Central Park's reservoir, wrapped tightly in a scarf, coat and woolly hat.
The house had once been the home of the young Groucho Marx, one of the great comedians of the cinema, and one of the most recognisable figures of the twentieth century. Cutting a cartoonish figure with his trademark glasses, cigar and greasepaint moustache, Groucho, born Julius Marx, died thirty years ago, on August 19th 1977.
A census taken in June 1900 records the presence at number 179 of the Marx family, including the parents of the Marx Brothers, Sam and Minnie ? both immigrants from Germany. Then, of course, there were the Brothers themselves, then named Leo, Adolph, Julius and Milton, but later to be known as Chico, Harpo, Groucho and Gummo. Gummo was to leave the act fairly early on, becoming a clothes salesman, and later an agent in Hollywood. Another brother, Herbert, who was later to be called Zeppo, was born in 1901.
Under the stewardship of their indefatigable mother Minnie, the Marx Brothers were to become a celebrated act on the Vaudeville circuit. They subsequently became stars on Broadway, starring in the comedy musicals 'I'll Say She Is', 'The Cocoanuts' and 'Animal Crackers' in the mid-19