Thurs. 06/10/2010 - Greenwich Village

After lunch with Gabi, I headed to Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is bounded by Broadway on the east, the Hudson River on the west, Houston Street on the south, and 14th Street on the north. The other day, I already went to West Village, which is the western portion of Greenwich Village, so today I walked around the rest of Village. 

Greenwich Village is largely upper middle class residential area with severals of very important schools of NY (like NYU, and The New School), but once it was a heart of bohemian culture, and house of artists, focal point of new movements and ideas. Since 60s, most of artists moved to SoHo, DUMBO, TriBeCa or Williamsburg, because of high housing cost around area. Nowadays it is becoming a home of many celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker. 

{My School: Parsons School of Design}

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{Thé Adoré}

This is a tiny 2-story café run by Japanese. I used to come here a lot for lunch. Japanese developed their own way to bake and their pastry suits better for Korean who prefers less sweeter pastries. I still think this is one of the best cafés in the city. Too bad my picture doesn't look like anything but this guy's portrait.

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{Dosirak}

A small Korean restaurant that opened after I left school. I wish it was there while I was still in school, then I would come here everyday.

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{Houses on 12th Street}

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{The New School}

The building was designed by Joseph Urban in 1930, and is one of the earliest examples of Modern architecture of the city. There was a construction going on now, but those steel beams looked almost like an installation art.

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{A House Covered with Fire Stairs}

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{Spray Painted Construction Marks}

My feet got so tanned, but with espadrille line.

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{Lettering on 12th Street}

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{Saint Vincent Hospital}

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{Protesting Messages for Closing of St. Vincent Hospital After 160 Years of Its Service}

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{Barney's Billboard}

I think most of time, it's Barney's who has billboards here...and I happened to find this old photo on the web, and I think it's the same spot.

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{Color Coordinated Row Houses on 11th Street}

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And more scenes from 11th Street.

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{Unknown Doodles and Parking Signs}

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{A Pretty Flower Shop: Feurs Bella}

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Going to 10th Street...towards west

{Lockwood DeForest House with Indian Wood Carving}

Designed by Van Campen Taylor in 1887

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I loved the simplicity of this house.

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And another decorative door knobs...

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Mark Twain once lived here.

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And two house below, Emma Lazarus lived in this house.

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Houses with terrace...

{Renwick Terrace By James Renwick, 1858}

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More houses on 10th Street.

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Moving to 9th Street towards east...

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{One 5th Avenue, 1929, Art Deco Style}

 It's one behind...

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{Belgelow  Drugs}

The nation's oldest apothecary with over 160 years history. I read Mark Twain used to buy toothpaste here, and I still buy mine here as well.

Now on 8th Street... 

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{Washington Square Park}

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Mixed cultures on MacDougal Street

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And cute Row Hoses on MacDougal looking like Pantone chips...