During the 1960s, Marie Menken and her poet husband Willard Maas lived in the penthouse suite, turning it into a salon of contemporary art, cinema, and literature. Even Andy Warhol got his start in filmmaking under Menken’s encouragement and guidance. Their famous parties were attended by the likes of Truman Capote, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe (who also lived in the building), Edward Albee, and Paul Morrisey. The building houses boundary-pushing artists to this day.