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This August, #AlexHaley would be 100 & #JohnSloan 150 -- join us at events to celebrate these anniversaries+more! We're also celebrating the writers of the Village in a neighborhood #VillageVoices reading and a @LiteraryPubCrawl. Learn more+register: https://t.co/tmTubjqFQQ
@bavaught42 @_dan_c Don’t believe everything you read — here’s the study: https://t.co/chAHlfss2G and here’s SoHo:
#HappyBirthday to architectural renderer Hugh Ferriss, born this day in 1889. He envisioned the “City of Tomorrow” a century ago, helping shape NY in the interwar years, all while living in a #GreenwichVillage apt. bldg designed by 1 of his collaborators: https://t.co/SbNATUdSRy
"Out of the Broom Closet!" said Leo Martello, #Wiccan priest, #GreenwichVillage resident, and prominent member of the #GayActivistAlliance following the #StonewallRebellion. Read more: https://t.co/7JcB3fSaUz
The #AfricanGroveTheater lasted briefly 200 yrs ago in #GreenwichVillage’s “Little Africa,” but was the most financially successful Black-owned and -operated theater & launch the careers of two of the great #AfricanAmerican actors notable of the day. More:https://t.co/qGcXXlMw5k
#HappyBirthday Romany Marie, b. this day in 1885. The part-Roma, part-Jewish bohemian did more to cultivate and nourish the artistic and countercultural tendencies of #GreenwichVillage in the 20th c. than perhaps anyone else. More on her remarkable story: https://t.co/ShAwPqz0ev
245 yrs ago this week, Gen George Washington sets up HQ in Richmond Hill, just SE of today’s Varick and Charlton Sts. This was a period of critical importance, with Washington preparing to defend New York and its critical waterways. Read more: https://t.co/dKpuTtsu8m
#OTD in 1860, the @ASPCA is founded in #GreenwichVillage, in many ways a response to conditions its founder saw right here. It set off a revolution in reform of attitudes and regulations RE #AnimalWelfare, and its legacy is still visible around us today: https://t.co/TUXHJWl91u
#OTD in 1968, the landmark film #2001ASpaceOdessey premieres. This transformational cinematic artwork, shaping our vision of space, evolution, and humanity, had some fun and surprising #GreenwichVillage roots: https://t.co/EVdkYeY1T7
Today we remember the great #GreenwichVillage playwright #DoricWilson. A #CaffeCino alumni, his writing, his activism, and his promoting of #theater and #lgbt causes contributed so much to our neighborhoods. More: https://t.co/sj6mihCwtb