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__NOTOC__ :''For other uses, see Great Jones Street (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Jones Street.'' Great Jones Street is a street in New York City's NoHo district in Manhattan, essentially another name for 3rd Street between Broadway and the Bowery. The street was named for Samuel Jones, a lawyer who became known as "The Father of The New York Bar," due to his work on revising New York State's statutes in 1789 with Richard Varick, who also had a street named after him in SoHo. Jones was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1796 to 1799, and also served as the state's first Comptroller.〔, p.56〕 Jones deeded the site of the street to the city with the stipulation that any street that ran through the property had to be named for him. However, when the street was first created in 1789, the city already had a "Jones Street" in Greenwich Village, named for Dr. Gardner Jones, Samuel Jones' brother-in-law.〔〔Boland, Ed, Jr. ("F.Y.I." ). ''New York Times'' (March 17, 2002). Accessed October 8, 2007. "In 1789 a street was opened there, but New York already had a Jones Street in Greenwich Village. So the new street was named Great Jones Street because it was wider than the norm."〕 The confusion between two streets with the same name was broken when Samuel Jones suggested that ''his'' street be called "Great Jones Street".〔〔Gordon, John Steele ("A Thoroughly Unfair Quiz About New York" ), ''New York Times'' (August 10, 1985). Accessed October 8, 2007. "When neither man would yield the honor of having a street named for him, Samuel settled the issue—and one-upped his brother-in-law—by saying, 'Then make mine Great Jones Street.'"〕 An alternative theory suggests that the street was called "Great" because it was the wider of the two Jones Streets.〔 ==In popular culture== *According to the ''New York Daily News'', the verb "Jonesing", a word used to describe an intense craving, originally for a drug, but now extended to everyday use, comes from Great Jones Street, a former junkie hangout,〔''New York Daily News'' (May 5, 2005) Quote: "1960s Jazz great Charles Mingus moves in next door at 5 Great Jones Street. The term 'Jonesing' enters the language as junkies and dealers come and go from the alley next door."; as reported at ("jones/jonesing" ) on ''Wordwizard''〕 although other explorations into the etymology of the slang expression have been proposed.〔Safire, William. ("On Language; Jonesing" ) ''New York Times Magazine'' (May 11, 2003)〕〔Barrett, Grant. ("Jonesing Origin" ) ''A Way With Words'' (December 9, 2012)〕 *1968: Thomas Reichman's documentary film ''Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968'' contains a scene which shows Mingus' November 1966 eviction from his loft at 5 Great Jones Street, which he had hoped to turn into a music school. The musician's belongings, including his instruments, are shown being hauled away, and Mingus himself is arrested when hypodermic needles were found among his belongings.〔("Charles Mingus and His Eviction From His New York City Loft, Captured in Moving 1968 Film" ) ''Open Culture'' (August 2, 2012)〕 *1973: In Don DeLillo's novel ''Great Jones Street'', the main character, Bucky Wunderlick, a "rock star and budding messiah"〔("Great Jones Street" ) on Powells.com〕 is "holed up in a crummy room on New York's Great Jones Street until he somehow regains his will to go on."〔Blackburn, Sara. ("Great Jones Street" ) ''New York Times'' (April 22, 1973)〕 *1988: Artist and film director Jean-Michel Basquiat was found dead on the second floor of 57 Great Jones Street on August 12, 1988.〔Hoban, Phoebe. (''Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art'' (excerpt) ) ''New York Times'' (August 9, 1998)〕 *1994: "Great Jones Street" is the title of a song by the American band Luna, from their album ''Bewitched''. Dean Wareham, who founded the band, lists DeLillo's book as one of his favorites, and a press release for the band was signed by "Bucky Wunderlick", the name of the main character in the novel.〔Joyce, Cynthia. ("Penthouse View" ) ''Salon'' (May 7, 1996)〕〔("Interview with Dean Wareham" ) ''Goodreads (April 2008)〕 Wareham calls the song "A little tribute" to the novel.〔Daley, David. ("Just This Side Of The Moon" ) ''Hartford Courant'' (November 3, 2002)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Jones Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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