More than 90 years after his Halloween 1926 death, Harry Houdini was remembered at his onetime Upper East Side home with a plaque dedicated on Wednesday.
The escape artist, born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, lived in the former Mrs. Leffler’s Boarding House on East 79th Street between Second and Third avenues from the age of 9 into his 20s — and reportedly climbed out of his top-floor apartment to practice his magic on the roof.
A plaque commemorating Houdini was installed Wednesday at Sojourn, the bar and restaurant now occupying the ground floor, followed by an annual seance to communicate with Houdini’s ghost.
There were no paranormal sightings witnessed Wednesday, but building residents attribute frequent power outages to the illusionist’s spirit.