2. Frank O’Hara, 441 East 9th Street, Manhattan
In his poetry, Frank O’Hara references several spots close to his East Village apartment, where he lived from 1959 to 1963. O’Hara gained popularity after he was published in a poetry anthology in the 1960s, shortly before his own collection of poems, Lunch Poems, debuted. He wrote several collections of poems, and many were inspired by his long-term partners. The poetry he wrote about Vincent Warren and Joe LeSeuer in particular is provocative and incredibly moving. After his sudden and tragic death in 1966 on Fire Island, he was remembered as a literary icon.