Greenwich Village
a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
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Well-known examples include the Castro district in San Francisco, Dupont Circle in Washington, and Greenwich Village and Chelsea in New York City.
LGBTQ+ health networks helped make urban neighborhoods more resilient against COVID | Purbita Saha | June 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLast week, about 100 union members and their supporters protested outside the Greenwich Village townhouse of the Condé Nast’s second-highest-ranking and most well-known executive, Anna Wintour.
New Yorker union averts a strike, reaches agreement with bosses | Elahe Izadi | June 16, 2021 | Washington PostRussell’s own affection extends beyond Roosevelt to Greenwich Village itself.
“Eleanor in the Village” puts the focus on Eleanor as an individual separate from her roles as wife, mother and first lady — a persona she nourished during the periods she spent at her solo apartment in New York’s bohemian Greenwich Village.
Even as a youngster, he seemed to be crafting his persona, as illustrated by an anecdote about his reputation as a chess hustler during his first days in Greenwich Village.
‘The Double Life of Bob Dylan’ is the definitive account of a shape-shifting genius’s early years | David Kirby | May 20, 2021 | Washington Post
I meet Osment at a coffee shop in Greenwich Village for lunch.
One evening in the early '50's, I saw Coltrane in Sheridan Square, in Greenwich Village.
He told stories about his days as a penniless college student trying to make it in Greenwich Village.
Why Comedians Still Think Bill Cosby Is a Genius | Mark Whitaker | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he goes to Greenwich Village, he has a mixture of material.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters | Scott Porch | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe shook me and we both saw its silver underbelly pass by the window of my fifth-floor walk-up in Greenwich Village.
And the area around Greenwich Village brought reports of continued horror.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousOver Greenwich Village now, the circling planes—at their highest altitude, to avoid the upflung crimson beams—dropped bombs.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousGratia had cut her hair short, but she had introduced a style of hair-dressing new even to Greenwich Village.
Out of the Air | Inez Haynes IrwinWhy, I can remember when artists—painters and writers—lived in Greenwich Village.
Turns about Town | Robert Cortes HollidayI suppose nothing in Greenwich Village could be more significantly illuminating than its eating places.
Greenwich Village | Anna Alice Chapin
British Dictionary definitions for Greenwich Village
/ (ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ, ˈɡrɪn-) /
a part of New York City in the lower west side of Manhattan; traditionally the home of many artists and writers
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Cultural definitions for Greenwich Village
[ (gren-ich) ]
Neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City.
Notes for Greenwich Village
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