On June 30, 1966 the very First Newspaper Interview was conducted at Srila Praphupada’s temporary residence and meeting Hall in the ‘Bowery’ near ‘Chinatown’ NYC[see photo].
It was here that His Divine Grace Lived, Typed, prepared Prasadam, and Preached to a small congregation before setting up Iskcon. A ‘loft’ was generally one floor of a bldg. alloted to artists by the local gov’t at reduced rental fees called A.I.R.[artist in residence].[see photo above entrance-way A.I.R]. The renter was Haridas who painted the first Lord Chaitanya Sankirtan Party painting[see photo] which was put in the window store-front later at 26 2nd ave. While Haridas was in SF,Calif., he allowed Srila Prabhupada to use this loft for residence and preaching. I had the opportunity to see this ‘holy place’ in 1966, without really realising its importance until reading the Diary of His Divine Grace. Srila Prabhupada also learned how to use the subway system in NYC to distribute His Books to Book Stores and Libraries in NYC.
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