White Horse Tavern, 567 Hudson Street and West 11th Street, New York, New York, has been frequented by many writers, including Louis Auchincloss, Brendan Behan, John Malcolm Brinnin, Jack Kerouac, Delmore Schwartz, and Dylan Thomas. The White Horse holds the dubious distinction of being the place where Dylan Thomas drank his last whiskey.
Columbia University MFA Program – The Columbia MFA curriculum consists of workshops, master classes, seminars and lectures created for writers by writers. The courses operate under the ethic of examining literature from a practitioner’s perspective, not as a theorist or scholar. The program takes advantage of the wide resources of both Columbia and New York … Continued
The Players Club was founded in 1888. Its members have included Gelett Burgess, Richard Harding Davis, Paul Green, Mark Twain, and Hendrik Willem Van Loon.
Washington Irving’s birthplace was at 131 William Street, New York, New York.
The Plaza Hotel, 5th Avenue and 59th Street, has a plaque stating that it is the Home of Eloise (see Kay Thompson). Writers who have stayed there include F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos, and J. P. Marquand.
Irving Place, East 17th Street, was named after Washington Irving.
Poets & Writers was created to serve the needs of poets and writers through its publication, “Poets & Writers,” and its Readings and Workshops program.
Washington Irving High School, Irving Place and 17th Street, New York, New York, was named after Washington Irving, and there is a bust of him in front of the school.
Jack Kerouac lived in an apartment at 454 West 20th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues where he wrote “On the Road.” The apartment is not open to the public.
The KGB Bar was a popular literary venue at 85 East 4th Street and Second Avenue.