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Location Type: Literary Site

Pfaff’s Cellar

Pfaff’s was a drinking establishment in Manhattan, New York, known for its literary and artistic clientele. It was located at 647 Broadway near Bleecker Street.

San Remo Bar

The San Remo Cafe was a bar at 93 MacDougal Street at the corner of Bleecker Street in the New York City neighborhood of Greenwich Village. It was a hangout for Bohemians and writers. It opened in 1925 and closed in 1967. On July 29, 2013, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation unveiled a … Continued

Edward Estlin (e. e.) Cummings Home

E. E. Cummings lived at 4 Patchen Place from 1923 until 1962. Djuna Barnes was a neighbor and some writers who visited that house included T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos, Dylan Thomas, and others.

John Reed Home

The journalist and radical leader, John Reed, lived at 1 Patchin Place with his wife, Louise Bryant, in 1916.

Patchin Place

Patchin Place is a gated cul-de-sac located off 10th Street between Greenwich Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. Its ten 3-story brick row houses, said to have been originally built as housing for the Basque staff of the nearby Brevoort House hotel, have … Continued

Sinclair Lewis’s House

Sinclair Lewis moved to 37 West 10th Street, Manhattan, New York, in 1928, with his wife, Dorothy Thompson. They lived in the house for less than two years.

Albert Hotel

Located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, the Albert Hotel was home for Thomas Wolfe from 1923 until 1926. The hotel was named for an earlier resident, artist Albert Ryder. From its opening in 1887, the Albert was home, hotel and hang-out for generations of artists, activists, writers, poets and musicians. The Hotel Albert was … Continued

Jewish Daily Forward Building

The 10 story Jewish Daily Forward Building was erected at 173-175 East Broadway between Rutgers and Jefferson Streets in 1911-1912 by architect George A. Boehm. It was home to many Jewish social and benevolent organizations and the “Jewish Daily Forward” which was, in the 1920s, the largest Yiddish daily newspaper in the world. Editor of … Continued

Pete’s Tavern

Pete’s Tavern, previously known as Healy’s Cafe, was a favorite hang out of O. Henry and Ludwig Bemelmans. A plaque placed on the front of Pete’s Tavern in 1999 by the Friends of the Library Association honors O. Henry and Ludwig Bemelmans.