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Exploring the original West Village

Title
Exploring the original West Village / Alfred Pommer & Eleanor Winters.
Author
Pommer, Alfred.
Publication
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.

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Winters, Eleanor.
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125 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
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Contents
Development of Greenwich Village : a little background -- Christopher Street, the Ninth Avenue El, and the story of William (Bill the Butcher) Poole -- Christopher Street continued : the fighting marine, the Stonewall Inn, Lucille Lortel, and the Theater de Lys -- Weehawken Street : the shortest street in Manhattan, Newgate Prison, and the Empire Brewery -- Pig Alley, the Runaway bunny, and Diane Arbus -- Onward down Charles Street : writers, musicians, and a future mayor -- Perry Street : Frank Serpico, Jane Jacobs, Sir Peter Warren, and Bleecker Gardens -- Up and down West 11th Street : the White Horse Tavern, a palazzo, and many writers and poets -- Busy Bank Street -- West Street : Superior Ink and Herman Melville, Gansevoort Market, the Meatpacking District, and the Death Avenue cowboy -- Up on the High Line, down on Horatio Street : Odets, Baldwin, Pollock, and the Hudson Dusters -- Jane Street and back to Bank Street : Alexander Hamilton and Max Eastman, Auntie Mame and Abingdon Square.
Call Number
IRGV 12-4740
ISBN
  • 9781609491512
  • 1609491513
LCCN
2011013396
Author
Pommer, Alfred.
Title
Exploring the original West Village / Alfred Pommer & Eleanor Winters.
Imprint
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.
Added Author
Winters, Eleanor.
Research Call Number
IRGV 12-4740
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