The site of the Village explosion was the former residence of Charles Merrill, co-founder of the Merrill Lynch brokerage firm, and the childhood home of his son James Merrill. James Merrill memorialized the event in his poem 18 West 11th Street, the address of the brownstone townhouse.
The site of the Village explosion was the former residence of Charles Merrill, co-founder of the Me.rrill Lynch brokerage firm, and the childhood home of his son James Merrill James Merrill memorialized the event in his poem 18 West 11th Street the address of the bro:wnstone townhouse.