The couple first moved to Greenwich Villagethen the artistic district par excellence.
“He didn’t want to be John Lennon, the former Beatle, a celebrity“says Susan Ryan, a New York author who runs Beatles-themed tours.
The one-bedroom apartment at 105 Bank Street, where they lived from 1971 to 1973, is occupied for 25 years by the same tenantRoger Middleton, “aware of the heritage” of the place.
John and Yoko quickly joined the left-wing circles of the time, and released an album in 1972, “Some Time in New York City“, very political, addressing racism, sexism and incarceration.
The FBI wiretapped Lennon and Richard Nixon’s government ordered his deportation, beginning a long legal battle. The former Beatle did not obtain his residence permit until 1976.
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