Freewheelin' Jones Street

From Spring 2009

I assume most of the civilized readers of these pages would be familiar with Bob Dylan's second studio album titled The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan from 1963. The covers features Dylan walkin' down the street with Suze Rotolo, his girlfriend at the time. They're walking down the middle of the street, and there's snow on the ground. The street on the album cover is Jones Street (pictured above) in Greenwich Village, a small street west of 6th Avenue and between Bleecker Street and 4th St. (positively!), and in 2009, it doesn't look too different from the photo on the album (taken by Don Hunstein, a photographer with CBS).

In a related matter, anyone interested in fine art rock and roll photography knows about the Morrison Hotel Gallery. Their SoHo NYC Gallery is located at 124 Prince Street. Check the gallery's website for current exhibitions.