NYC TOUR: Greenwich Village’s Forgotten History

[@tourguide13]

I'm a licensed tour guide 17 years and I love your videos...

[@robertlevinson9188]

Excellent. The Village was my “home” from 1960 on.

[@luislaplume8261]

West 3rd Street once was the darkest street in the Village. It had the 6th Ave El with 2 tracks going to 6th Ave from West Broadway coming from South Ferry where the ferries came from Staten Island, Bay Ridge, Coney Island, and Jersey City, N.J. 1877 to 1938. when the El closed. Look for photos of that street in that era.

[@lefantomer]

I can't imagine an El on 6th, the racket must have been incredible in both directions. I lived off it on Cornelia Street -- yes THAT Cornelia Street but before Ms. T.Swift was even born. I remember the women's house of detention and the conversations yelled out windows to boyfriends and relations down on the sidewalk, must have been lovely to live across from!. I was working in a building facing Union Square the day the townhouse blew. We saw the column of smoke go up and then fire engines and sirens coming from all directions. There was a bookcase built into the wall on the upper right top floor, full of books, and they left it there for years, rain, shine, snow, whatever. Great neighborhood!

[@luislaplume8261]

@@lefantomer That was circa 1972 when I was still in high school. It was the headlines in all the NYC newspapers. Greenwich Village has a well deserved reputation for being the most hard core leftist neighborhood in NYC.

[@freddieblue6351]

Thank you!!! I am a folkster, love this.

[@denisejacinto]

Really enjoyed this tour!

[@donnastar7615]

As I recall, the RHPS was located at the 8th Street Playhouse.

[@AntonyCar-l6l]

Never been to Greenwich Village but have been to the sort of West coast version...Haight-Ashburyin Frisco

[@danfreisting2874]

Great tour

[@Irishmist1000]

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[@Prudence5thchild]

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[@robertadinolfi4217]

You forgot September 8 1976.