New York renames city block after Humphrey Bogart
The Upper West Side brownstone where Humphrey Bogart grew up has long ago been turned into public housing. But the block, like Paris, will always be his.
Scores of fans stood in the drizzle at the weekend as New York unveiled a plaque renaming the short stretch in front of 245 W. 103rd St as Humphrey Bogart Place.
"Bogie would have never believed it," said Lauren Bacall, who was married to the Oscar-winning actor from 1945 until his death in 1957. She said the day was an emotional one, and her time with Bogart too short.
"I'm happy he is honoured," she said. "Of course, it's only brass on a wall."
Born in 1899 to well-to-do parents - a surgeon and an illustrator - Bogart lived at the home until 1923.
He went on to make dozens of films, including the classics The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and The African Queen.
