The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church was built on land which was once the Clement Moore Farm at Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square.
The Harlem Book Fair is the largest book fair of its kind, drawing more than 40,000 visitors to West 135th Street (between 5th Avenue & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, Harlem). It takes place in July and includes books, storytelling, readings, and author signings.
Horace Greeley Statue, City Hall Park, near Chambers and Centre Streets, is named after the publisher of the New York Tribune, publisher of Charles A. Dana, Charles Dickens, Margaret Fuller, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Karl Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, and Carl Schurz. Another newspaper in the area published Walt Whitman (The Aurora).
Carnegie Hall, 7th and 57th Streets, Manhattan, New York, has hosted poetry readings by Mark Twain and Edwin Markham.
Allen Ginsberg lived from 1958-1961 at 170 East Second Street, Between Avenues A & B. The apartment is not open to the public.
Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, the largest church in the United States, is home to the Poet’s Corner, with stones dedicated to Elizabeth Bishop, Louise Bogan, Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Herman Melville, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams. Held … Continued
Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club of New York is America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles. Named for Jean Grolier (1489 or 90-1575), the Renaissance collector renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club’s objective is to promote the book and graphic arts. The Club maintains a research library on printing and related … Continued
Cedar Tavern was a popular gathering place for Beat Writers Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and others. The tavern closed in 2006.
The Hotel Chelsea at 222 West 23rd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, New York, New York, was host to many writers.
Central Park Mall, Mid-Park from 66th to 72nd Streets, is home to sculptures of William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, and Fitz-Greene Halleck.