Post #380571 by sushiman on Thu, May 15, 2008 4:34 PM

On 2008-05-15 09:59, donhonyc wrote:

On 2008-05-15 03:03, sushiman wrote:
Very cool post - mahalo !

Jack Kerouac lived in Northport in the 1950's ...wonder if he ever made it to the Bali Hai ?

Yes it's very true that Kerouac live in Northport. He lived at 43 (or is it 34?) Gilbert St. in the late 50s or early 60s with, I believe, his mother. He was know to frequent Gunther's Tap Room which is stlll there near the harbor. At the recent Kerouac exhibit at the New York Public Library there were many references to his residency in Northport. In fact his library card form the local library and other items were on display. Also on display was the actual teletype scroll that 'On the Road' was written on (that has nothing to with Northport but it is definitely worth mentioning).

Dr. Zarkov, we have a discussion about the Bali Hai happening in the Locating Tiki forum with pictures and memorabilia that you'll probably want to check out at http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=10114&forum=2&6

It was 34 Gilbert Street and he moved in there in March 1959 ( and he did live with his mother ) , but , for a variety of reasons , sold it in June ! His mother went down to Fla. where Jack's sister lived , to look for a place , but Jack proceeded to purchase another house in Northport , this time at 49 Earl Avenue .