New York Icon : Andy Warhol

Warhol had by now become almost as famous for his social life as he was as an artist. His social circles included wildly diverse groups from bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats , all intermixed with in a varity of social scenes from black tie events to night clubs with his artistic head quarters the “Factory” being the center of it all.

New York Icon: “Grampa” Al Lewis

Lewis became a pop culture off beat icon playing the cigar-chomping vampire patriarch on The Munsters . That image Lewis never escaped association with and seemed to bask in the charmingly warped character. Decades later, strangers would greet him on the street with shouts of “Grandpa!” Unlike some television stars, never complaining about getting typecast he made appearances in character for decades. “Why would I mind?” he asked in a 1997 interview. “It pays my mortgage.”