I Take Photos of Bob Dylan Fans Posing on Jones Street

In February 1963, the photographer Don Hunstein took the picture of Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo walking arm-in-arm down Jones Street that would become the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Forty years later, I moved into a rent-stabilized apartment on the block and have been watching people recreate this moment — sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes sheepishly — ever since.

I knew nothing of the connection when I moved in. I like Bob Dylan, but I was 24 and much more concerned at the time with the price ($1,400) and the fact that someone in the building had been murdered in his bed the month before (different apartment). I only put it together after I noticed the occasional couple coming to pose outside my window. There was a slight increase in fan traffic…