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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
#GreenwichVillage was home of the first #elevatedrail & our local streets once had 4 "Els" overhead. Learn about their histories, routes, the points of interest they connected & the transformations they incited: https://t.co/HlAE7udZuJ
#HappyBirthday to the great #EastVillage painter #WolfKhan, b. this day in 1927. He painted everything, incl. #GreenwichVillage and #NYC like landscapes, bringing out haunting details the naked eye might otherwise miss. More: https://t.co/ySgHpajtRo
What do Thomas Paine and Amiri Baraka have in common? Drinking & writing in #GreenwichVillage are just the start. Follow these and many others literary greats/unlikely pairs in our most recent (virtual) @LiteraryPubCrawl — watch the video, and cheers: https://t.co/oIzgVFG2oz
OTD in 1813, Henry Bergh, founder of the @ASPCA. The group’s and the #AnimalRights movement’s roots can be found, and in some surprising ways still seen, in #GreenwichVillage: https://t.co/Vampoy5hpd
50 yrs ago today, @ElectricLady is opened in #GreenwichVillage by #JimiHendrix. Some of the most incredible music of the last half-century has been recorded there. The bldg’s amazing+surprising history goes back even further; here’s the story: https://t.co/lfGontSkZk
#HappyBirthday #MauriceSendak, b. this day in 1928! The #GreenwichVillage author left an indelible imprint upon children’s literature and gave us all a glimpse into a fantasy world we’ll never forget. More: https://t.co/2h8ts4I2CD
OTD in 1961, #BobDylan plays his first real gig. We look back at the #GreenwichVillage venue where it happened, how he got the job, and what happened from there (the rest, as they say, is history): https://t.co/9lBjh1U19H
OTD in 1968, the cinematic classic 2001: A Space Odyssey is released, changing the face of film forever. Find out more about the deep #GreenwichVillage roots of the film and filmmaker: https://t.co/RqGlZxUJXR
OTD in 1837, Grover Cleveland is born, who would be the only Democrat to win the presidency from 1856 to 1912. Find out how this improbable streak was (unintentionally) interrupted largely due to a speech by the leader of a #GreenwichVillage church: https://t.co/xJU65AoFv5
@6sqft
OTD in 1933, #FDR announces the appointment of Frances Perkins as Labor Secretary, the first woman to ever hold a cabinet position. Read more about her journey from #GreenwichVillage (and @Greenwich_House) to the #WhiteHouse: https://t.co/bAVjIaymZF
#HappyBirthday to #EdnaStVincentMillay, b. this day in 1892. The great poet + #libertine had #GreenwichVillage in her blood — her middle name came from the local hospital, she lived in the Village’s narrowest house, and she helped found @CherryLnTheatre: https://t.co/BVqD0cqqlS
OTD in 1917, a defining moment in #GreenwichVillage history: the #ArchConspirators take over #WashingtonSquareArch+ declare the #IndependentRepublicOfBohemia. Find out who these radical artists were, what they did,+ how they’re remembered a century later: https://t.co/vffIlkKbaj
OTD in 1859, #JohnBrown is hanged for leading an anti-slavery insurrection. Find out how this occasion was marked by one of #GreenwichVillage's most outspoken #AfricanAmerican abolitionists and abolitionist churches, and the rest of their amazing work: https://t.co/tyXs1sioRz
It’s #ElectionDay! Don’t forget to #vote YES on ballot question 5: https://t.co/4t0auCZFMd.
Think your vote doesn’t matter? Read about this #GreenwichVillage church that threw an incredibly tight but consequential presidential election, via @6sqft: https://t.co/n4gpXHurFG
Epic oil #painting by Frank Lombardo - "Sy" ... Don't miss his solo show 'Quantum Baroque' at Stone Sparrow #NYC in #GreenwichVillage! The opening reception will be on Wednesday November 13. Frank will also host an artist’s talk on Saturday November 16 at 6pm.
#exhibition #art
OTD in 1970, longtime #GreenwichVillage resident #BellaAbzug is first elected to congress representing the neighborhood. She would go on to become a leading champion of women’s rights and progressive causes. More on her inspiring life+career: https://t.co/lTA0kpyO2a
#HappyBirthday to the great #Pop artist #RoyLichtenstein, b. this day in 1923. The amazing artistic innovator lived and worked in his studio in #GreenwichVillage until his death in 1997. We look back at his life and legacy:
https://t.co/ScgCNCA2eq
OTD in 1825, #ErieCanal opens, transforming our city, country, and esp. our neighborhoods. See how #GreenwichVillage and the #EastVillage changed as a result, and how the legacy of this engineering marvel can still be discerned today: https://t.co/wi5ZxN842Z