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i Washington row houses, lining the north
Square side of St. Luke’s Place, date
from the 1850s. Poet Marianne
Map C4.Greenwich Vil. q W 4th St. Moore lived here, and Theodore
Dreiser wrote his An American
Now one of the city’s most Tragedy at No. 16.
vibrant open spaces, The heart of the Village is
Washington Square was once Sheridan Square, where seven
a marshland that was filled to streets meet in a maze once
form a park. Stanford White’s known as “the mousetrap.”
magnificent marble arch, The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar
completed in 1895, replaced on Christopher Street, was
a wooden version that marked where a riot took place against
the centenary of George police harassment on June 27, The beautiful building of
Washington’s inauguration. 1969 – a landmark in the Gay Whitney Museum
In 1916, a group of artists led Rights Movement.
by John Sloan and Marcel Jefferson Market Courthouse Metropolitan Museum of Art
Duchamp broke in, climbed was built as a courthouse in turned down her collection of
atop the arch, and declared the 1877 and turned into a public works by artists such as Bellows
“free and independent republic library in 1967. Opposite is and Hopper. From 1966, the
of Washington Square, the state Patchin Place, a group of Whitney was located on the
of New Bohemia.” Today most 19th-century houses where Upper East Side. It moved to
of the buildings surrounding playwright Eugene O’Neill and the present building, designed
the park are part of the New poets John Masefield and by Renzo Piano, in 2015.
York University (NYU). E. E. Cummings lived. North- The sixth and seventh floors
west of Greenwich Village lies showcase pieces from the
the fashionable Meatpacking museum’s collection – there is
District, crammed with clubs, not a permanent display, rather
bars, and restaurants. a constant rotation of works.
Temporary exhibitions occupy
the first, fifth and eighth floors.
p Whitney Museum Highlights include Alexander
Map C4. 99 Gansevoort St. Calder's sculpture Circus
Tel (212) 570-3600. q 14 St. (1926–31), and works
Open 10:30am–6pm Mon, Wed, Thu by Edward Hopper,
& Sun, 10:30am–10pm Fri & Sat. whose Early Sunday
Closed some public hols. & 7 ^ Morning (1930)depicts
8 0 = ∑ whitney.org the emptiness of
American city life.
The Whitney Museum show- The Whitney
Window on the corner of West 4th Street cases an entire range of Biennial, held in
and Washington Square American art of the 20th and even years, is the
21st centuries in a spectacular most signifi cant
o Greenwich modern setting. The museum exhibition of
Village was founded in 1930 by new trends in
American art.
sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt
Map C4. N of Houston St & S of 14th Whitney after the
St. q W 4th St–Washington Square,
Christopher St–Sheridan Square, 8th St.
Simply known as “the Village,”
this crazy-quilt pattern of
streets has been a bohemian
haven and home to many
celebrated writers, artists, and
jazz musicians. Later, it became
a popular gay district, which
comes alive at night, when
cafés, theaters, and clubs beckon
at every turn. A stroll through
its narrow old-fashioned lanes
reveal charming row houses,
hidden alleys, and leafy
courtyards. The 15 Italianate Pointed tower of “Old Jeff,” Greenwich Village

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