Greenwich Village
Neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
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New York University
Private research university in New York City.
Private research university in New York City.
The university, in 1833, then moved and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park.
Counterculture of the 1960s
Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s.
Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the Western world between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s.
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots (also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall) were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
East Village, Manhattan
Neighborhood on the East Side of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Neighborhood on the East Side of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the migration of Beatniks into the neighborhood later attracted hippies, musicians, writers, and artists who had been priced out of the rapidly gentrifying Greenwich Village.
American folk music revival
The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s.
The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s.
Barred from mainstream outlets, artists like Seeger were restricted to performing in schools and summer camps, and the folk-music scene became a phenomenon associated with vaguely rebellious bohemianism in places like New York (especially Greenwich Village) and San Francisco's North Beach, and in the college and university districts of cities like Chicago, Boston, Denver, and elsewhere.
Joan Baez
American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.
American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.
Baez first met Dylan in April 1961 at Gerde's Folk City in New York City's Greenwich Village.
Houston Street
Major east–west thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Major east–west thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Houston Street generally serves as the boundary between neighborhoods on the East Side of Manhattan—Alphabet City, the East Village, NoHo, Greenwich Village, and the West Village to the north, and the Lower East Side, most of the Bowery, Nolita, and SoHo to the south.
Whitney Museum
Art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City.
Art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City.
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930; at this time architect Noel L. Miller was converting three row houses on West 8th Street in Greenwich Village—one of which, 8 West 8th Street had been the location of the Studio Club—to be the museum's home, as well as a residence for Whitney.
Beat Generation
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Beat writers and artists flocked to Greenwich Village in New York City in the late 1950s because of low rent and the "small town" element of the scene.
Union Square, Manhattan
Historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century.
Historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century.
Adjacent neighborhoods are the Flatiron District to the north, Chelsea to the west, Greenwich Village to the southwest, East Village to the southeast, and Gramercy Park to the east.