Built in the 1820s as a row of horse stables for the wealthy living in nearby Waverly Place, it served successively as a low-income housing for their servants, home to black musicians, a den for artists and writers, a shelter for speakeasies during the ’20s. No one knows exactly why it is called Gay. There are a few theories but not much evidence – the Bowery Boys have more on this on their website.
Gay St., Greenwich Village
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I agree, Gil! Greenwich Village is one of the most beautiful areas in Manhattan, to my eyes at least.
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200 years old! This place just looks like someplace where history happened. Nice post!
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Thankfully, there are still these places where we can get a sense of Manhattan’s past (bit gentrified but with traces of history nevertheless), Many thanks, Tip and JAM!
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A very nice album of a cool old street, glad it’s survived.
Once that vine has grown a few more years, they can dispense with the fire escape.
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Hehe I hope they do keep the fire escape; such an integral part of the City (just like the water towers). I find them so fascinating because there’s nothing like them anywhere in Europe!
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Love it.
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I’m with you, what’s not to love…!
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Really like these images… M 🙂
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Thank you M! This is part of the real Manhattan – at least seen from a European point of view (trust a European to look for scenic, historic little back streets…)
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