Archive

The Good Old Greenwich Village Days (Photos)

Photos

In the 1960s and ’70s, the Village was a gritty and glorious place, full of artists who where drawn in by the stories and stayed, becoming a part of the legend.

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village03_qqingi
galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village01_w0ycpy

Fourth Avenue book row. Circa 1940s. 

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village02_fgcerx

Eighth Street Bookshop at MacDougal Street by Robert Otter, 1965.

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village03_jcmkuu

Café Wha? on MacDougal Street by Robert Otter, 1963

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village04_ahziho

Rotterdam Passing Pier 51 by Shelley Seccombe. 1978.

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village05_cqqevz

Washington Square Arch by Robert Otter, 1962. 

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village06_ey9iqs

Bleecker Street Cinema by Robert Otter, 1965.

galleries/2014/04/10/the-good-old-greenwich-village-days-photos/140408-greenwich-village07_gnkreh

Greenwich Village Stories is available now from Universe.

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.