English Rock singer Mick Jagger, American Beat author William S Burroughs (1914 - 1997), and Pop artist Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) as they dine together in Burrough's Bunker on the Bowery, New York, New York, February 1980.
Photo by Marcia Resnick
Resnick recalls:
“One evening in NYC in 1980, Mick Jagger, rock legend, William Seward Burroughs, literary luminary and Andy Warhol, art prodigy, had dinner in the ‘Bunker,’ Burroughs’ residence on the Bowery. The atmosphere was palpable. A food fight erupted. Then, the egos of these three charismatic gods of the counterculture clashed, resulting in a profound silence.”
222 Bowery, New York, NY
The notorious bunker was the home of William S. Burroughs in 1974 until his death in 1997. The author moved here after his return from Tangier. It had formerly been a YMCA locker room and was appropriately dubbed the Bunker due to the fact it had no windows and was in the basement of the building. The bunker was located in the Bowery, an area of Manhattan once known as New York’s skid row, home to the so-called “Bowery bums” and junkies.
