83-91 Christopher Street and 329 Bleecker Street (r. to l.), with 85 Christopher Street outlined, c. 1980
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45-89 Christopher Street (r. to l.), with 85 Christopher Street outlined, c. 1940 tax photo
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46 Gansevoort Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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410 West 14th Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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405-409 West 13th Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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Looking west along West 14th Street from Ninth Avenue, with 406-418 West 14th Street on the south side of the street (left, l. to r.) and 405-445 West 14th Street on the north side of the street (right, r. to l.), c. 1931
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400-410 West 14th Street (l. to r.), c. 1940
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Corner of Ninth Avenue and Little West 12th Street, looking north, with 2 Ninth Avenue on the right and 29-75 Ninth Avenue on the left (l. to r.). The Ninth Avenue El being demolished and the National Biscuit Company building are visible on the left, c. 1940
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2 Ninth Avenue, c. 1941
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Third Avenue Elevated Train Station (demolished) at 14th Street looking west, with the old Academy of Music (later the Palladium — demolished), 126 East 14th Street, visible behind
Given that there is an advertisement for the movie “Laura” in the background, it is likely this photo dates to 1944. There are also advertisements for the re-election of Assemblymember MacNeil Mitchell, one of the two namesakes of New York’s Mitchell-Lama housing program.
Looking northwest along Greenwich Avenue, showing 26-70 Greenwich Avenue (r. to l.), with the Loew’s Theater and the old St. Vincent’s Hospital (demolished) visible in the background
The four-story building in the center, five buildings from the right, is the old PS 41, demolished in the 1950s to make way for the new PS 41 and its schoolyard.
Dunham School of Dance at 220 West 43rd Street
Katherine Dunham founded the Dunham School of Dance at 220 West 43rd Street in 1945, and the school stayed here until 1957. Dunham was a pioneer in folk and ethnic choreography and a founder of the anthropological dance movement. She is known for bringing Black dance and rituals into the Eurocentric American dance world, revolutionizing […]
109-201 West 11th Street (r. to l.) with Old St. Vincent’s Hospital at left end of block (demolished), 1933
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520 Hudson Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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237-247 West 10th Street (r. to l.), c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo
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115-129 West 11th Street (r. to l.), c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo
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121 West 11th Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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327 Bleecker Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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327 Bleecker Street, c. 1910s
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340-348 Bleecker Street, c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo
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160 Prince Street, c. 1980 tax photo
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160 Prince Street, c. 1940 tax photo
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340-348 Bleecker Street, c. 1940 and c. 1980 tax photos
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Cafe Bizarre, 106 West 3rd Street. This building was demolished and replaced with an NYU Law School dorm.
Cafe Bizarre was one of the early Greenwich Village folk clubs, opened by Rick Allmen in 1957 with folk singer Odetta as the headliner. It came to also host renowned jazz acts as well as poetry reading by prominent Beat poets including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. By the 1960s it was also featuring underground […]
Cafe Bizarre, 106 West 3rd Street, which advertises ‘Fantastic Decor,’ ‘Folk Singers,’ and a steel drum band all for a 50 cent admission fee. This building was demolished and replaced with an NYU Law School dorm.
Cafe Bizarre was one of the early Greenwich Village folk clubs, opened by Rick Allmen in 1957 with folk singer Odetta as the headliner. It came to also host renowned jazz acts as well as poetry reading by prominent Beat poets including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. By the 1960s it was also featuring underground […]
