Just hours after we published a story about how Thelonious Monk's name was misspelled on a street sign honoring his legacy, the city stepped up and replaced the sign. Frankly, we're amazed. On the original sign at West 63rd street, where Monk lived for much of his life, his first ...
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The great jazz musician and composer Thelonious Monk lived much of his life at 243 West 63rd Street, just off of West End Avenue. His ground-floor apartment was bursting with creative energy, and was just as messy apparently as most other Upper West Side apartments occupied by non-geniuses: "Monk's piano ...
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