Sunday, May 27, 2012

Greenwich Village in 1899

Washington Square Park and Greenwich Village as they await 'the parade of the Seventy-First Regiment upon it's return from Cuba' in 1899.  Photo from The New Metropolis, 1899.

7 comments:

The Ancient said...

That's a wonderful shot.

(BTW, looking around to find out more about The New Metropolis, I discovered this, which I hadn't seen before: http://maggieblanck.com/NewYork/NewYork.html)

The Devoted Classicist said...

For those trying to get their bearings, that near corner is East 8th Street & Fifth Avenue, now occupied by the 1929 high-rise apartment building, One Fifth Avenue.

The Ancient said...

Here's a ground level view of that same intersection as it once was:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3337/3524437516_4ba4006fc2_o.jpg

The Ancient said...

And one more --

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3109782095/lightbox/

The Ancient said...

This one shows 8 Fifth Avenue more clearly --

http://dlib.nyu.edu/washingtonsquare/2333.1/d51c5bd6/index.html

(Zach -- As you said, there's at least *something* good to be said about NYU.)

The Down East Dilettante said...

Really stunning photograph, exactly on the cusp of Wharton and James and the modern age...

The Ancient said...

Dilettante --

Notice the young woman in the white dress by the front door on the second house down from the left. And what might be her sister on the floor above.

(As for the future Mrs Wharton, when she was still under her mother's supervision, they lived for a time at 7 Washington Square North, where they were given a preferential rate by the owner, who wanted "congenial" neighbors.)