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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>West Broadway: New York Songlines</TITLE> <meta name="description" content="A virtual walking tour of landmarks and points of history along Manhattan's West Broadway and LaGuardia Place"> <meta name="keywords" content="New York City, New York, Manhattan, history, landmarks, secret, walking tour, address, architecture, restaurant, nightlife, Greenwich Village, Washington Square"> <meta name="author" content="Jim Naureckas"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#000000"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <table border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <center> <h1><a href="http://www.nysonglines.com/">New York Songlines:</a> West Broadway</h1> <h2>with LaGuardia Place</h2> </center> <p>Among the more confusing features of Manhattan geography are the three Broadways--West, East and just plain Broadway--all of which run more or less parallel with no connection whatsoever. The idea was that naming other streets Broadway would relieve congestion on the real one--not sure this was worth the subsequent perplexity. <p>From 1870 to 1899, the street was called South 5th Avenue--which was slightly better, though it encouraged the monstrous fantasy of driving the avenue straight through Washington Square. Earlier, downtown portions were called Chapel Street and College Place. At some point the section above Houston was renamed LaGuardia Place after Fiorello La Guardia, mayor from 1934-45. Arguably New York's greatest mayor, his name being used for an airport is appropriate, since he was a World War I flying ace. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h3>East:</h3> <h2>Washington Square Park</h2> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roboppy/144402217/" title="washington square park by roboppy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/144402217_098d6fe9e7_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="washington square park by roboppy, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3806985651/" title="Return to Washington Square Park, Aug 2009 - 07 by Ed Yourdon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3806985651_516f562279_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="Return to Washington Square Park, Aug 2009 - 07 by Ed Yourdon, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Originally a marsh surrounding Minetta Brook, in the early years of New York this area was used as a graveyard for slaves and yellow fever victims, a dueling ground and a place of execution. In 1826 it was designated the Washington Military Parade Grounds, which soon was transformed into a public park. <p>Washington Square was at one point the center of New York society, later becoming the unofficial quadrangle of NYU. It's long been a haven for folksingers (including Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan); in 1961, a police crackdown on folksinging led to riots. <a name="4st"></a> <p>This is the park where Jane Fonda wanted to be <i>Barefoot in the Park</i>; it's also where the skateboarders beat up a passer-by in <i>Kids</i>. (The real-life skate kids are harmless.) <center><h3>Washington Square Arch</h3></center> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/5412143952/" title="Arch With One Fifth Avenue by edenpictures, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5412143952_023ae6347a_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Arch With One Fifth Avenue by edenpictures, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/delkarm/3323043039/" title="Washington Square Arch by Delkarm, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3323043039_07c37a967a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Washington Square Arch by Delkarm, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Designed by Stanford White, the arch was put up in 1892 to replace a temporary plaster arch erected in 1889 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Washington's inauguration. In 1917, members of the bohemian Liberal Club, including artists Marcel Duchamp and John Sloane, climbed on top of the arch to proclaim the Independent Republic of Greenwich Village. Harold Lloyd drives a horse-drawn trolley through the arch in the silent movie <i>Speedy</i>. <p>In the late 1950s the city planned to extend <a href="5av.htm#waverly">5th Avenue</a> through the arch, cutting the park in half. Neighborhood residents, including Eleanor Roosevelt, rallied to block this horrible idea. In the early 21st Century, the park underwent a controversial renovation that, among other things, centered the park's fountain so it can be seen through the arch from Fifth Avenue. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="4st.htm#wbroadway">W <===</a>         WASHINGTON SQUARE SOUTH         <a href="4st.htm#wbroadway">===> E</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <h3>Kimmel Center for University Life</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robjohnston/98399937/" title="nyu_kimmel_cntr by Rob Johnston, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/98399937_ccf7928984_m.jpg" width="240" height="205" alt="nyu_kimmel_cntr by Rob Johnston, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>566-576 (block):</b> This glass-roofed NYU student center "borders on the grotesque," according to the <i>AIA Guide</i>. Built in 2001, it replaced the <a name="wbroadway"></a> 1959 Loeb Student Center, which served as the command center for the NYU student strike that followed Nixon's 1970 invasion of Cambodia. <p>Loeb in turn was built on the site of Katharine Branchard's <b>House of Genius</b>, a boardinghouse whose tenants are said to have included virtually every Village literary figure--the ones who actually lived here were <a href="http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/howells/norris.htm" target="_blank"> Frank Norris</a> and <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/wa/warpoetry/Seeger.html" target="_blank">Allan Seeger</a>. At what was <b>No. 60</b>, novelist <a href="http://fp.image.dk/fpemarxlind/biography.htm#New%20York" target="_blank">Willa Cather</a> lived in 1906-08, where she met her life partner Edith Lewis; here also <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5582/chambers.html" target="_blank">Robert W. Chambers</a> wrote <i>The King in Yellow</i>, a series of very disturbing short stories. At <b>No. 63</b>, British occultist <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1896/crowpage.html" target="_blank"> Aleister Crowley</a> lived and painted at a studio that used to be here in 1918-19. <a name="3st"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>L<br>A<br>G<br>U<br>A<br>R<br>D<br>I<br>A<br><br>P<br>L<br>A<br>C<br>E</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <h3>Bobst Library</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottbowling/408426129/" title="Bobst Library by scottbowling, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/408426129_0c3567bf64_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Bobst Library by scottbowling, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Block (70 Washington Square South):</b> NYU's main library, built in 1972 to a Philip Johnson design; at the time, the plan was to redo all of NYU in this <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/light-on-bobst.html" target="_blank"> red sandstone look</a>. Named for Nixon supporter, anti-Semite and child molester <a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/CarolASThompson/NixonCab.htm" target="_blank"> Elmer Holmes Bobst</a>; a corrupt contribution from Bobst to Nixon is supposedly responsible for the selection of Spiro Agnew as Nixon's running mate. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicetiara/46041932/" title="bobst library 2 by alicetiara, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/46041932_87f43d63bc_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="bobst library 2 by alicetiara, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Lili Taylor studied here in <i>The Addiction</i>. At least two real-life NYU students have committed suicide by leaping down the central atrium. If you want to go inside, tell the guard that you're going to the <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/" target="_blank"> Tamiment Labor Library</a> on the 10th floor, which unlike the rest of the library is open to the public. <p>The southeast corner of the library is the site of <b>Open Door</b>, where jazz legends like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis played. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="3st.htm#wbroadway">W <===</a>                 WEST 3RD STREET                 <a href="3st.htm#wbroadway">===> E</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <p><b>552 (corner):</b> <b>Village Stationery</b> <br><br> <p><b>548:</b> TRE Giovani, pizza <p><b>546:</b> <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/05/marumi.html" target="_blank"> <b>Marumi</b></a>, Japanese <br><br> <p><b>542:</b> Olga's Nails gives the best pussy wax in town, according to the <i>Village Voice</i>. <p><b>540:</b> Purdy Girl. David Crosby and Graham Nash are said to have lived in this building, as well as Bob Dylan. <h3><a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=center-for-architecture" target="_blank" title="Home"> Center for Architecture</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mad-czech/4669927874/" title="189 Center for Architecture by Mad Czech, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4669927874_7846a7a82f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="189 Center for Architecture by Mad Czech, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>536:</b> A space dedicated to public discussion of New York City architecture -- opened by the American Institute of Architecture's New York chapter. <p><b>534:</b>Philip Williams Posters <br><br> <p><b>530:</b>NYU's Professional Bookstore/Business and Law <br> <p><b>Corner:</b> At this corner was the office of <a href="http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/englishl/chambers/kinginye/repaire1.htm" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations"</a> in the uncanny Robert W. Chambers story of the same name. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>L<br>A<br>G<br>U<br>A<br>R<br>D<br>I<br>A<br><br>P<br>L<br>A<br>C<br>E</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <h3>Washington Square Village</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/padraics_travels/860512922/" title="Washington Square Village by Padraic., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1370/860512922_a4d42ae93b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Washington Square Village by Padraic, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>561 (corner):</b> Construction of this behemoth NYU housing project in 1956-58 helped inspire the architectural preservation movement. Includes NYU's Office for International Students & Scholars. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salim/3698016527/" title="Fiorello LaGuardia statue by Salim Virji, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/3698016527_50ac1400e1_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Fiorello LaGuardia statue by Salim Virji, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>In front of a rather suburban looking strip of restaurants is a <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/09/fiorello-laguardia.html" target="_blank"> statue of the street's namesake</a> in midstride. <p><b>547:</b> NYU's Wolf Center <p><b>545:</b> Washington Square Wines <p><b>543:</b> Coffee Cuisine Corporation <p><b>541:</b> Satay <p><b>539:</b> Ennio & Michael Ristorante <p><b>535:</b> <b>Society</b>, pricey outdoors bar; Pita Cuisine of Soho </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="bleecker.htm#wbroadway">W <===</a>         BLEECKER STREET         <a href="bleecker.htm#wbroadway">===> E</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/herb/2002284234/" title="Senor Swanky's! by hherbzilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/2002284234_22448d2c27_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Senor Swanky's! by hherbzilla, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (142 Bleecker):</b> Senor Swanky's, schlocky restaurant <br><br><br><br> <p><b>510:</b> Luxus cafe <br><br><br> <p><b>506:</b> <b>Bruno Bakery</b>, a sibling of <a href="http://www.pasticceriabruno.com" target="_blank">Pasticceria Bruno</a> on Bleecker. <p><b>504:</b> Aglio Restaurant <br><br><br> <p><b>496:</b> Okinawa Japanese Restaurant; Wares for Art Gallery, featuring outsider art, including UFO themes. Coincidentally, author/abductee Whitley Streiber is said to have lived in this building. <br><br><br> <p><b>490 (corner):</b> <b>Silver Spurs Restaurant</b>, Texas-themed burger joint </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>L<br>A<br>G<br>U<br>A<br>R<br>D<br>I<br>A<br><br>P<br>L<br>A<br>C<br>E</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <p><b>Corner:</b> Associated Supermarkets/Morton Williams. Note <a href="http://www.khuzamistudio.com/greenwich_mural.html" target="_blank"><i>Bohemorama</i></a>, a mural by Vicki Khuzami (2001) capturing 200 years of Village counter-culture. <h3><a href="http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GV/GV016UniversityVillage.htm" target="_blank"> Silver Towers</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58964293@N00/3860441199/" title="Silver Towers by davem_330, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/3860441199_d47bb93b99_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Silver Towers by davem_330, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>505: Designed by modernist architect <a href="http://www.barth.lib.in.us/IMPei.html" target="_blank">I.M. Pei</a>, 1966. Originally called University Village, the building on LaGuardia is now a co-op. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/502885991/" title="NYC - Greenwich Village: Picasso's Bust of Sylvette by wallyg, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/502885991_930475392f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - Greenwich Village: Picasso's Bust of Sylvette by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Check out <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/175/pages/bust.htm" target="_blank"> <i><b>Bust of Sylvette</b></i></a> in the center of the complex, a monumental cubist Picasso sculpture (1970). Most cities would make a bigger deal out of having a colossal Picasso. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="houston.htm#wbroadway">W <===</a>         WEST HOUSTON STREET         <a href="houston.htm#wbroadway">===> E</a> <br><i>The boundary of the Village and Soho</i></center> </h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <p><b>482 (corner):</b> <br><br><br><br> <a name="prince"></a> <br><br> <p><b>468:</b> The <i>AIA Guide</i> praises this 1890s loft building's "magnificent maroon arches." <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <p><b>475 (corner):</b> <b>Nello</b>, the SoHo branch of a pricey Upper East Side Northern Italian. Was Amici Miei, noted for its stylized horse sculpture. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/matte0ne/4591225577/" title="I Tre Merli by Matt E0ne, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4591225577_0993e2cedc_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="I Tre Merli by k_hargrav, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>463:</b> <b>I Tre Merli</b>, Italian in a soaring loft space lined with thousands of bottles. <br><br> <p><B>447 (corner):</b> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="prince.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</a>         PRINCE STREET         <a href="prince.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <p><b>438 (corner):</b> <p><b>436:</b> <a href="http://www.vilebrequin.com/uk/history.html" target="_blank"> <b>Vilebrequin</b></a>, French swimwear shop in <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/10/vilebrequin.html" target="_blank"> one-story building</a> that "feels like a doorway to the South of France." <p><b>430-434:</b> Glitzy 1988 shops; includes D&G, Dolce & Gabbana's "affordable" line. <p><b>426:</b> Exposed girders would seem to make this 1870s building ahead of its time. <a name="spring"></a> <p><b>420:</b> Gallery building c. 1890 <p><b>410:</b> Ad Hoc Softwares; not computer programs, but beauty products, housewares etc. <p><b>408 (corner):</b> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br> <p><B>435:</b> French Connection <br><br> <p><b>429-431:</b> 1872 loft has a cast-iron facade. <p><b>427:</b> Another cast-iron building. <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <p><b>Corner (157 Spring):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/spring/157spring.html" target="_blank" title="Image"> Sunglass Hut</a> is in a c. 1900 building. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="spring.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</a>         SPRING STREET         <a href="spring.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <p><b>402 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.origins.com/" target="_blank"> Origins</a>, flagship store of PC beauty products chain. In a five-story <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/spring/402wbway.html" target="_blank" title="Image"> brick building</a>, c. 1900. <p><b>398:</b> <a href="http://barolo.citysearch.com/1.html" target="_blank"> <b>Barolo</b></a>, pricey Italian noted for its garden and huge wine list. <br><br> <p><b>392-394:</b> Early cast-iron building dates to 1850s. <a name="broome"></a> <br><br> <p><b>386-388:</b> Cast-iron facades <p><b>382:</b> This blue building houses <a href="http://www.patriciafield.com/Merchant/hotelvenus.html" target="_blank"> <b>Hotel Venus</b></a>, Patricia Fields' bigger, more fabulous Soho branch. Above is Dom, eccentric housewares. <p><b>380:</b> Cast-iron lofts c. 1870 <p><b>376:</b> Cipiani Downtown; the <i>Sex and the City</i> group drinks bellini here. <br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (506 Broome):</b> This <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/broome/504506broome.html" target="_blank" title="Image"> three-story building</a> was built in 2001 to house the flagship store for Tommy Hilfiger. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <h3> <a href="http://www.diacenter.org/dia/history.html" target="_blank"> Dia Center for the Arts</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/khargrav/2190011123/" title="broken kilometer by k_hargrav, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/2190011123_9a7244b6c0_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="broken kilometer by k_hargrav, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>393:</b> This annex of the Chelsea-based museum features Walter De Maria's <a href="http://www.brokenkilometer.org/" target="_blank"> <i>Broken Kilometer</i></a>, a careful arrangement of 500 two-meter brass rods, on permanent view since 1979. <p><b>383:</b> Bears the number 159, a relic of the years when this street was called South 5th Avenue--and its numbers counted down to Washington Square. <p><b>379:</b> <a href="http://about.polo.com/" target="_blank"> Polo Sport</a>; Ralph Lauren for the masses. <p><b>375:</b> <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/companyinfo/companyinfomain.jsp" target="_blank"> Anthropologie</a>; chain of stuff from around the world. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pic-to/3008924976/" title="Broome Street by PIC-To, sans pr閠ention, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3008924976_0ff950a2f2_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Broome Street by PIC-To, sans pr閠ention, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (500 Broome):</b> Originally a pepper factory built in 1876, this cast-iron building underwent a <a href="http://unitedaland.com/projects.php?activeLoc=5" target="_blank" title="Info"> loving renovation</a> in the 1990s. Dominico Vacca, men's fashion, is on the ground floor. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="broome.htm#wbroadway"> N <===</a>         BROOME STREET         <a href="broome.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</a></center></h2> <br> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <a name="watts"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="watts.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</a>         WATTS ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>366 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.oliverpeoples.com/main.php" target="_blank"> Oliver Peoples</a>, designer eyewear <br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="grand"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>340 (corner):</b> <b>Felix</b>, Parisian-style bistro </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/535491567/" title="NYC - SoHo - Broome Street Bar by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1265/535491567_8af41fc6ab_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - SoHo - Broome Street Bar by wallyg, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>363 (corner):</b> <b>Kenn's Broome Street Bar</b>; cozy neighborhood beer-and-burger joint is in a c. 1825 Federal townhouse. <p><b>359:</b> <b>Cupping Room Cafe</b>, since 1977 a popular Soho hangout. <p><b>357:</b> Another Federal house dating to the 1820s. <p><b>351:</b> <b>What Goes Around Comes Around</b>, "the best vintage clothing store in Soho"--Eve Claxton. <p><b>349:</b> <b>Ideya</b>, happening Latin bar/restaurant <p><b>343:</b> <b>Novecento</b>, Argentine bistro with a chill lounge upstairs. <p><b>341:</b> <b>Diva</b>, bar for late-nighters  <p><b>337A (corner):</b> <b>Namaskaar</b>, affordable, tasty Indian </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="grand.htm#wbroadway"> N <===</a>         GRAND STREET         <a href="grand.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</a></center></h2> <br> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sambrook/4810371218/" title="Soho Grand by rsambrook, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4810371218_bcc501aa90_m.jpg" width="135" height="240" alt="Soho Grand by rsambrook, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>310:</b> <a href="http://www.sohogrand.com/" target="_blank"> <b>SoHo Grand Hotel</b></a>, ultra-stylish hotel for the Beautiful People. Includes the equally ritzy Canal House restaurant and Grand Bar & Lounge. Earlier on this site was the Roman Catholic <a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StAlphonsusLiguori.html" target="_blank" title="Info"> <b>Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori</b></a>, a German immigrant congregation established in 1847 that completed a Lombard Romanesque church, designed by Francis G. Hempler, here in 1872. In 1914, IWW leader Frank Tannenbaum was <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A02E5DD1E3AE733A25756C0A9659C946596D6CF" target="_blank" title="Source"> arrested</a> here along with 189 others for leading this "army" into the church in search of food and shelter; later that year, a <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0CE5DA1438E033A25757C1A9669D946596D6CF" target="_blank" title="Source"> bomb</a> exploded outside this church at the same time that someone set off a similar bomb outside St. Patrick's Cathedral. In 1980, the church subsided into an old stream bed and was torn down. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20158323@N04/2970793080/" title="Scrap Yard, Inc. Store by SliceofNYC, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2970793080_9a1a21c729_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Scrap Yard, Inc. Store by SliceofNYC, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>300 (corner):</b> <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/03/scrap-yard.html" target="_blank"> <b>Scrap Yard</b></a>, a store devoted to graffiti tools and culture </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>E<br>S<br>T<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br> <p><b>323:</b> <b>SoHo: 323</b> nightclub was Chez Bernard, French bistro <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="canal"></a> <p><B>307:</b> 1893 lofts <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="canal.htm#wbroadway"> N <===</a>         CANAL STREET         <a href="canal.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</a> <br><i>The boundary of Soho and Tribeca</i> </center></h2> <br> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <p><b>Corner (386 Canal):</b> Mega Photo & Electronics was Canal Sound City <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <a name="lispenard"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>LISPENARD ST    ===> E</a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <a name="6av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="6av.htm#wbroadway"> N <===</A>     6TH AVENUE     <A href="6av.htm#wbroadway"> ===> S</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br> <h3> <a href="http://epicharmus.com/masterpiece/labels/Keith%20Haring.html" target="_blank" title="Masterpiece Next Door"> American Thread Building</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/en321/450266290/" title="L1006837.JPG by Susan NYC, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/219/450266290_dff019cfc4_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="L1006837.JPG by Susan NYC, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>260 (corner):</b> Built in 1894-96 in Renaissance Revival style by William B. Tubby. It was originally the New York Wool Exchange, an attempt by the New York Wool Warehouse Company to wrest the wool trade away from Boston. The venture failed in 1898, and from 1901-1964 this was a factory for the American Thread Company, whose name is still on the building. <p>Keith Haring painted a mural here in 1979, when it was some kind of exhibition space; the mural was forgotten and rediscovered in 2008 when the top floor were being transformed into a spectacular <a href="http://www.260wbtriplex.com/tour/" target="_blank" title="3D tour"> triplex</a>. Supermodel Naomi Campbell is said to have lived in the building. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M006/" target="_blank" title="Home"> Tribeca Park</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jclayton/3447638981/" title="New York City by Joshua David Clayton, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3447638981_11da487260_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="New York City by Joshua David Clayton, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Once part of the <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3447638981_11da487260.jpg?v=0" target="_blank"> Lispenard Meadows</a>, this area was made a park in 1810, when the city purchased it for $3,950. Long known as the Beach Street Park, it got its present name in 1985. <p>The street grid gets a little confusing here-- Tribeca Park is really in the path of West Broadway, but the street sort of bends around the park. Anyway, it's easier to depict it this way for Songlines purposes. <br><br><br><br> <a name="walker"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="walker.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</A>     BEACH ST / WALKER ST     <A href="walker.htm#wbroadway"> ===> W</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>West:</h3> <a name="6av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>W <===</a>         N MOORE ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/5402915418/" title="218-224 West Broadway by edenpictures, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5402915418_0fba7980f5_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="218-224 West Broadway by edenpictures, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (218-224 W Broadway):</b> A grand 1881 red brick building by George W. Da Cunha, architect of the <a href="lexington.htm#21st">Gramercy Hotel</a>. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>E<br>S<br>T<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>East:</h3> <p><b>Corner (1 Walker):</b> Tribeca Park Gourmet <p><b>249:</b> anotheroom <p><b>247:</b> Tribeca Tavern <a name="white"></a> <p><b>245:</b> Dergah Nur Ashki Jerrahi--Sufi Order Masjid al-Farah <p><b>241-243:</b> Cercle Rouge <p><b>235 (corner):</b> Little old building </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>WHITE ST         <a href="white.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>229 (corner):</b> Columbine <p><b>227:</b> <b>Sufi Books</b>, interesting bookstore on the mystical branch of Islam and other esoteric traditions <p><b>225:</b> In 1979, a club opened here called Tier 3--better known as <b>TR3</b>--that was a showcase for New Wave and No Wave bands like DNA, 8-Eyed Spy, The Raincoats, Slits, Lounge Lizards and Bush Tetras. <p><b>221:</b> Churrascaria Plataforma, all-you-can-eat Brazilian <p><b>219:</b> Was <a href="http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4628" target="_blank"><b>El Teddy's</b></a>, which opened as a German restaurant in the 1920s, became a steakhouse in the 1940s patronized by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and was reincarnated in 1985 as a hip Mexican called El Internacional. In 1989 it became El Teddy's, a local art-scene hangout with a design scheme that was described as "Gaudiesque." It was perhaps best known for a 2,500-pound replica of the Statue of Liberty's crown on the roof-- <a name="franklin"></a> featured for a while in <i>Saturday Night Live</i>. Closed in 2004, demolished in 2005. <p><b>211 (corner):</b> VinoVino, wine bar and wine shop in one--so you can sample before you buy. Formerly Water Moon. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER>W <===</A>     FRANKLIN STREET      ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12181" target="_blank" title="NYC Parks">Finn Square</a></h3> <p>A triangle (like most Manhattan ''squares'') created in 1919 and named for Philip Schuyler Finn, a World War I soldier who fought and died in 1918 with the 69th Regiment, the "Fighting Irish." He was the son of Tammany Hall leader "Battery" Dan Finn (1845-1910), who got his nickname preserving Battery Park from encroachment by commercial piers. As a police magistrate, Finn was known for dispensing picturesque advice rather than harsh sentences. He was <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20612F83F5417738DDDAD0A94DB405B808DF1D3" target="_blank" title="NYT"> remembered</a> as an advocate for the weak and oppressed. <p>Finn's square was just a weed-filled traffic island until 1998, when it got an attractive makeover via the Greenstreets program. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="leonard"></a> <a name="7av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="7av.htm#wbroadway"> N <===</A>     VARICK STREET                 <br>                 <br>W <===</A>     LEONARD STREET      ===> E</A> </CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="worth"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="worth.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</A>     WORTH STREET     <A href="worth.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="thomas"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="thomas.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</A>     THOMAS STREET     <A href="thomas.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <h3>Odeon</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dandeluca/4121543326/" title="odeon by dandeluca, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4121543326_f0c8a3c77f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="odeon by dandeluca, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>145 (corner):</b> A French brasserie with Art Deco style, this bar/ restaurant helped make Tribeca the fashionable neighborhood it is to day-- originally attracting art scene heavyweights like Warhol and Basquiat. It introduced the Cosmopolitan in the early 1980s. The exterior was featured on the cover of <i>Bright Lights, Big City</i>. <a name="duane"></a> <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER>W <===</A>     DUANE STREET      ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="reade"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER>W <===</A>     FRANKLIN STREET      ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="chambers"></a> <a name="hudson"></a> <p><b>Corner (125 Chambers):</b> <b>Cosmopolitan Hotel</b> is a relatively affordable Manhattan lodging choice. <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03EEDA143DE433A2575BC0A96E9C946197D6CF" target="_blank" title="NYT">Edward McWilliams</a>, former Jersey City police chief and for 20 years a house detective at the Astor House hotel, killed himself here in 1900. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is on the ground floor. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="hudson.htm#wbroadway"> N <===</A>     HUDSON STREET                 <br><br>                 <A href="chambers.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</A>     CHAMBERS STREET     <A href="chambers.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</A> </CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>109 (corner):</b> This <a href="http://www.hautenotes.com/2008/06/a-transformation-in-tribeca.html" target="_blank" title="Info"> Italianate building</a> dates to 1860; in the World War I era it <a name="reade"></a> housed Vogric's Cafe. The Delphi Restaurant served Greek food here from 1970 until 2007; it's supposed to be turned into Brushstroke, a Japanese addition to the David Bouley empire. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> br> <H2><CENTER>W <===</A>     READE STREET      ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <a name="reade"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER>W <===</A>     MURRAY STREET      ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="parkpl"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="parkpl.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</A>     PARK PLACE     <A href="parkpl.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <a name="barclay"></a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancerrevolution/3364383992/" title="Damagaed Fiterman Hall by LancerE, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3364383992_64c097f6b8_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Damagaed Fiterman Hall by LancerE, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>30 (corner):</b> Borough of Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall was given to the school in 1993, in what was then the largest donation ever made to a community college. Irreparably contaminated in the September 11 attacks, it took at least eight years to demolish. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER>W <===</A>     BARCLAY STREET      ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>West:</h3> <a name="vesey"></a> <h3>7 WTC Park</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ritzphotos/1492147396/" title="The Red Balloon Flower by Jeff Koons outside WTC 7 w/Tribute in Light by Phillip Ritz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1379/1492147396_1abdbbbe7d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The Red Balloon Flower by Jeff Koons outside WTC 7 w/Tribute in Light by Phillip Ritz, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Block:</b> A triangular park that opened in 2006, at the same time as the completion of 7 WTC. Includes Jeff Koons' <i>Balloon Flower</i>. <br><br><br><br><br> <br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br><br>B<br>R<br>O<br>A<br>D<br>W<br>A<br>Y</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>East:</h3> <h3><a href=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM068.htm" target="_blank">Federal Office Building</a></h3> <p><b>Block (90 Church):</b> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/6052542423/" title="90 Church Street by edenpictures, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6052542423_8e7737b630_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="90 Church Street by edenpictures, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Built 1935 in a mixture of Classical and Art Deco. The building, with more than a million square feet of space, is owned by the Postal Service, which uses it as the major mail sorting facility for Lower Manhattan. It also houses the New York City Housing Authority and the Legal Aid Society. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="vesey.htm#wbroadway"> W <===</A>     VESEY STREET     <A href="vesey.htm#wbroadway"> ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <center><h2>Ground Zero</h2></center> <h3>Site of 5 WTC</h3> <p><b>Corner (200 Greenwich):</b> Was the nine-story Dean Witter Building, destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Future site of <b><a href="http://www.wtc.com/about/office-tower-2" target="_blank" title="Home">2 World Trade Center</a></b>, aka 200 Greenwich Stret, a planned 88-story building that will rise to 1,349 feet--99 feet taller than the Empire State Building (not counting the antenna spire). The Foster and Partners design features a distinctive cluster of four diamond-shaped spires. </td></tr></table> <br><br> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br><br> <br><br> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="800" valign="top"> <p>Is your favorite West Broadway or LaGuardia Place spot missing? 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