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NYC’s Unusual Street Signs

August 11, 2020by Walk About New York

“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 […]

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The Northern Dispensary, Briefly

April 27, 2020by Walk About New York

“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 […]

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Subway Art: “The Greenwich Village Murals”

March 28, 2019by Walk About New York

“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 […]

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Keith Haring’s Art in New York

June 24, 2018by Walk About 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 […]

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Washington Square Memorial Flagstaff

November 11, 2017by Walk About New York

In Honor / Of / All Those From / This District / Who Gave Their / Lives In The / World War / Presented By The / Washington Square / […]

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Halloween in Greenwich Village, 2017

October 31, 2017by Walk About New York

“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, […]

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A Bit of Old Spain in Greenwich Village

July 13, 2017by Walk About New York

“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 […]

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The Gay Liberation Monument

June 25, 2017by Walk About New York

“… 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 […]

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International Women’s Day 2017

March 8, 2017by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“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 […]

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Centennial Celebration: Rebellious Spirits at the Washington Arch

January 24, 2017by Walk About New York

“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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