NYC’s Unusual Street Signs
“Give me comrades and lovers by the thousand! … Give me the streets of Manhattan!” —from ‘Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun’ by Walt Whitman (1819–1892) Most street signs in […]
Tag Archives: Greenwich Village
The Northern Dispensary, Briefly
“At a meeting of Citizens held at the Rooms of Major Flint S. Kidder, April 6th, 1827, convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of establishing a […]
Subway Art: “The Greenwich Village Murals”
“I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air […]
Keith Haring’s Art in New York
“Obviously, the only place to go was New York. It was the only place where I would find the intensity I needed and wanted. I wanted intensity for my art […]
Washington Square Memorial Flagstaff
In Honor / Of / All Those From / This District / Who Gave Their / Lives In The / World War / Presented By The / Washington Square / […]
Halloween in Greenwich Village, 2017
“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” —Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) Homeowners bring the fright to Greenwich Village when they decorate their front steps, small front yards, […]
A Bit of Old Spain in Greenwich Village
“Many Spanish immigrants disembarked in New York docks during the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. The largest Spanish enclave in New York was referred to as Little Spain. This colony extended […]
The Gay Liberation Monument
“… to be loving and caring, and show the affection that is the hallmark of gay people … and it had to have equal representation of men and women.” —Requirements […]
International Women’s Day 2017
“A woman is like a tea bag—you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” —Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) In honor of International Women’s Day, March […]
Centennial Celebration: Rebellious Spirits at the Washington Arch
“Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.” —John French Sloan (1871–1951, American Painter) And live they did! It was […]
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