The Old Cedar Tavern, West Village, NY
During My lengthy discussion with Mr. Starr, he brought up a place called Cedar Tavern located in the West Village in New York City which was a bar that was frequently visited in the 50's and 60's by abstract expressionist artists that ranged from Willem De Kooning to Jackson Pollock who was known as the drunkard of the bar and who would be consistently thrown out for his lewd and destructive behavior. The tavern was a great place for the artists to stray away from there state of focus when they were painting to being able socialize in a small place with people who share similar interests. A side note was my Cousin David Amram who was part of the Beat Generation and mentioned in a few Cedar Tavern related articles was seen spending some nights in the tavern enjoying a few drinks and so were the likes of Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.
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