A Walking Tour of The Original West Village
The 3 hour version or the 2 hour version
This tour features the writers, poets, artist and famous people of the West Village with
information about it's history and architecture along with interesting pictures
and stories that help join us with the neighborhood's past.
The West Village is an unofficial name for a part of Greenwich Village that
roughly speaking falls between West 14th Street and Christopher St. and west of Greenwich Avenue and
the Avenue of the Americas.
This walking tour of Manhattan's past and present features:
A walk through part of the landmark Greenwich Village Historic District known as "The West Village" including Abingdon Square, Bank Street, Christopher Street, Hudson Street and the historic district of Weehawken St. Each participant is
given an itinerary with over 18 stops that includes 2 New York City landmarks and 2 national landmarks plus an optional 2 stops just out of the West Village neighborhood. Each stop is fully discussed.
Some Highlights of the 2 hour version are:
- St. Veronica's Church and Gene Tunney
- Find out about "the American Ward" - William "The Butcher" Poole
- Richard Meier's skyscrapers and Charles Lane
- Find out about the 9th Ave. El in the West Village
- The Weehawkin Historic District
- The White Horse Tavern - Norman Mailer - Dylan Thomas
- H B Studio (many famous stars studied acting here)
- Westbeth - the site of the development of television, radio, sound recording, sound movies, telephonics and public address systems.
- Newgate Prison NY State Prison
- Alexander Hamilton and the site where he died
- Abington Square & Peter Warren & Greenwich Village and the Abington Square Memorial
- Jane Jacobs, where she lived and wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"
- Fing out where Serpico actually lived when he was a cop here in the city
- 'Bleecker Gardens' and Mark Van Doren
- 'Auntie Mane' in real live where she died and where she lived
- "The Family" by Chain Gross
- Transplanted 'Cobble Court' from the early 19th century
- Find out about the "Death Ave. Cowboy"
- A Greek Revival Townhouse from 1837
- The American Seamen's Friend Society Home & Institute Bldg.
- Where Herman Melville worked for 19 years
Highlights Included in the 3 hour version are:
- Find out about The Masses where the publication was located & Max Eastman & John Reed,
- Where Sinclaire Lewis lived
- Where Hart Crane lived
- Laren Bacall "Miss Greenwich Village"
- Where Fiorello LaGuardia lived
- Where Edward Albee got his inspiration for "Who's Afraid of Viginia Wolf" ( Ninth Circle)
- Where Almanac House was and where Woodie Guthrie lived
- Wila Cather, Allen Tate, Katharine Anthony, and Ye Waverly Inn and more
- Optional (3 hour version) stops outside West Village neighborhood:
- The Jefferson Market Courthouse - its history, architecture / the infamous trial of the century, Harry Thaw / Stephen Crane
- Patchin Place, 1845
Meet at: 181 Christopher St. (Franklin 54 Gallery) between Washington St. and West St.
Guided by Alfred
Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and a Licensed New York City Guide, who has spent over 19 years researching, creating and leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.
Interested in a private walking tour" ?
Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com
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A Walking Tour of The Lower West Village
This tour features the writers, poets, artist and famous people of the lower part of the neighborhood today known as the West Village with information about it's history and architecture along with interesting pictures and stories that help join us with the neighborhood's past.
The West Village is an unofficial name for a part of Greenwich Village that
roughly speaking falls between West 14th Street and St. Lukes Place. and west of Greenwich Avenue and
the Avenue of the Americas. this tour examines the neighborhood between Christopher St. and St. Lukes Place west of Avenue of the Amercas (6th Ave.) - the lower part of that neighborhood.
This walking tour of Manhattan's past and present features:
A walk through part of the landmark Greenwich Village Historic District known as "The West Village" including Hudson Street, Grove St. and Grove Court, Bedford St., Barrow St. Commerce St., Morton St. and St. Lukes Place. Each participant is given an itinerary with over 17 stops that includes 4 New York City landmarks and 2 National landmarks. Each stop is fully discussed.
Some Highlights are:
- the narrowest house in New York & Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Jefferson Market Courthouse, Stephen Crane, Harry Thaw
- Gay Street (Gentleman Jimmy Walker - "My Sister Eileen - William Kunstler)
- Sheridan Square & Christopher Park
- The Stonewall Inn (riot) - the Northern Dispensary
- The Federal Archive Building
- Grove Court and "The Last Leaf"
- Landmark examples of Federal row houses built between 1825 and 1833
- Landmark examples of Greek Revival row houses built in the 1840"s
- St. Luke's in the Fields & Clement Clark Moore & Bret Hart
- originally: The Federal Archives Bldg.
- Lee Chumley and Chumleys was here
- The Cherry Lane Theater and Kim Hunter
- Find out what is the connection between the movie "On the Waterfront" and the West Village
- The Narrowest House in New York City - Edna Saint Vincent Milay and much more
- Thomas Pane (the site where he lived & the site where he died)
About two hours long
Meet at: the Northeast corner of W. 10 St. and Ave. of the Americas (6th Ave.)
Guided by Alfred
Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and a Licensed New York City Guide, who has spent over 19 years researching, creating and leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.
Interested in a private walking tour" ?
Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com
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