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Interesting maps in The NY Times showing who’s getting the most donations in Dem 2020 primary in our neighborhoods: Pretty consistently Pete Buttigieg in W. Vil., Elizabeth Warren in Central Vil./SoHo, Bernie Sanders in E. Village. Full article & maps at https://t.co/ZnyniFCrTE
We’ve added 100’s of new sites to the tours on our #GreenwichVillageHistoricDistrict 50th anniv map, incl. a great collaboration w/ #DaytonianInManhattan. Check out sites connected to great writers, women trailblazers, #AfAm history, #LGBTQ, and more: https://t.co/9pKLg1IC15.
OTD in 1871, ‘Ashcan School’ painter John Sloan is born. He chronicled the everyday life of the everyman/woman of #GreenwichVillage+the #EastVillage, as well as co-declaring “The Independent Republic of #WashingtonSquare.” Today we look at his life + art: https://t.co/pt55O0ShM8
Happy 200th birthday to Herman Melville, b. this day in 1819! The great American writer may be more closely associated with the wide open sea, but he was actually deeply-rooted in #GreenwichVillage's #MeatpackingDistrict, where his family name lives on: https://t.co/JfhaIpH1ex
Read about the fascinating histories behind the names of Bethune, Perry, Grove, and Bank Streets including one of the few women with a street named in her honor, War of 1812 heroes, and a collaboration between #AlexanderHamilton + #AaronBurr: https://t.co/ih6ijR34Te
OTD in 2013, we place a plaque marking the former home of the legendary San Remo Cafe, hangout for #ItalianAmericans from the 1920s and the Beats & literati from the 1950s. More: https://t.co/GF9sfkZg9n, https://t.co/Au9tyU3dN6, https://t.co/Z6aAlEEVVP, https://t.co/RXLzSBiuid
OTD in 1899, #NewYorkCity’s ‘newsies’ go on strike, convulsing the city. Many of these boys and girls were homeless or lived in lodging houses in our neighborhoods and throughout Lower Manhattan. Find out more: https://t.co/FxaSafndm1
OTD in 1863, the Conscription Act takes effect, precipitating the #DraftRiots, the worst civil unrest in U.S. history. Our neighborhoods, with large #AfricanAmerican+ #immigrant populations, were the scene of much of the violence: https://t.co/29JybwmKSB #neverforget #darkchapter
#EastVillage #jazz legend #LeeMorgan was born on this day in 1938. He helped define the neighborhood’s oft-forgotten jazz scene, and died a tragic death in the midst of it in 1972: https://t.co/t9xIkFlAHu
OTD in 1937, #AmeliaEarhart disappears over the Pacific in her quest to be the 1st woman to fly around the globe. But the former @Greenwich_House resident
can still be found on our #CivilRights+#SocialJustice Map: https://t.co/0QxkYmmO9S +our #GVHD50 map: https://t.co/ZDaIflv7Oz