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Lorraine Hansberry: A Voice for Change in Greenwich Village
Epic Walking Tours visits Lorraine Hansberry’s Greenwich Village residence, tracing the path of one of America’s most influential playwrights and uncompromising voices for civil rights,
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the Titanic, and the Heart of Greenwich Village
Epic Walking Tours’ Village Variety Walking Tour visits Getrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s art studio and MacDougal Alley. When the Titanic sank in the early hours of
Live from the Village: The Legendary Stage of The Bitter End
Epic Walking Tours’ Greenwich Village Variety Tour explores The Bitter End and other legendary venues where groundbreaking musicians and comedians first took the stage, launching
The Hidden Legacy of the Land of the Blacks in Early New York
Long before New York became a city of neon skylines and global influence, it was a rough-hewn Dutch settlement called New Amsterdam. Among its most
Inside the Village Castle: Jailed Women, Protest, and the Jefferson Market Courthouse
Epic Walking Tours’ Historic Village Walking Tour visits the Jefferson Market Courthouse, which is now the Jefferson Market Library.In the early 20th century, the Jefferson
Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village: Where the Wind Began to Blow
Epic Walking Tours Village Variety Walking Tour stops at Bob Dylan’s Greenwich Village home and other locations where Dylan frequented, played music, and sang. In
Against the Grid: How Greenwich Village Outsmarted Manhattan’s Street Map
New York City loves a grid. There’s something comforting about knowing that 42nd Street follows 41st, and 7th Avenue is one block west of 6th.
Between the Bricks: The History of Cherry Lane Theatre and Edna St. Vincent Millay
The brickwork of Greenwich Village has always been a canvas—painted with smoke, protest, and verse. In the quiet folds of Commerce Street stands a building
The Real Story Behind the “Friends” Building in Greenwich Village
At the corner of Bedford and Grove Streets in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village stands a five-story brick building that, for millions of people around the world,