The Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando

A non-profit corporation working to further Kerouac's legacy in Orlando, Florida where Kerouac was living at the time his classic On the Road was published. The goal, is to award aspiring writers with a chance to live in the home rent-free, and receive scholarships to travel and write in the spirit of Kerouac.

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[holden1787]

The Kealing book shows the original house with a rear screened-in porch that had a side entrance with two/three steps. Was that porch demolished and the original entrance restored with the stairs Kerouac is seen sitting on at end of the video?

[KerouacOrlando]

Thanks for your kind words about the book. The steps you're asking about are

actually on the back of the house, but they were the entrance to Kerouac's

back porch apartment. We're very indebted to all of the artisans who made

the Kerouac House what it is. You might consider parts of it "Betty

Crocker," but had you seen it in the sad state of disrepair in which I found

it in 1996, you might well describe the work they did as miraculous.

Bob

[traciragen]

you totally missed the point. A writter who dreamed of mountian and red brick and roads, and you think the house has relevence? to try and contain somthing like that in four walls?

[KerouacOrlando]

I don't know if we're missing the point. You are making a point, that is obvious. Your point is well taken. You cannot contain the spirit of this writer or any writer in four walls. We are simply providing a creative space for writers who want to pursue their craft without the possible of impediment of wind, rain, weather and the like.

[arbutus27]

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[arbutus27]

How come there are no postings more recent than three years ago?

Strange.

[tomelifeisjustonebig]

Does anyone know the actual address of this place?

[madagascarjoan]

Hi, I'm from Lowell, Mass and am so glad I found out about the house and your project before my trip to Orlando next week. Thanks, Joan

[shmouts]

well, hey.....what the hell else is interesting in orlando?

I live in Southern California.....which is what most of Florida is a really low rent, shitty version of. Only people from the eastern seaboard are impressed with Florida.

[beammeuplord]

In a nation that tears down so much of the past, it's amazing that the house still exists. If you are a Kerouac fan you simply MUST have Bob Kealing's excellent bio of Kerouac's Florida years. I couldn't put it down. Thanks to Bob & all who helped preserve Kerouac in Florida. God bless you.

[holden1787]

Thank you, Bob Kealing, for producing the finest biography I've read on Kerouac, and I've read most.

Kealing's Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends, is a brilliant portrait of what life was like for Keroauc living in Orlando and later St. Petersburg, as told by neighbors and close friends of Kerouac. From Kealing's tribute to Nin to Ron Lowe's last moments with Keroauc in the emergency room, this book is ultimately a celebration of Kerouac's life.

[holden1787]

Couldn't the Kerouac Project have followed the folks who built the replica of Henry D. Thoreau's cabin at Walden? They designed that interior with an eye to keeping as close to what it looked like when Thoreau lived in it.