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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Horatio Street: New York Songlines</TITLE> <meta name="description" content="A virtual walking tour of landmarks and points of history along Manhattan's Horatio Street."> <meta name="keywords" content="New York City, New York, Manhattan, New Amsterdam, Old New York, history, landmark, famous, secret, historic, walking tour, guide, map, beatniks, locations, tourist, attraction, address, architecture, restaurant, nightlife, Greenwich Village, West Village, Village, bohemia"> <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> Horatio Street</h1> <a href="#11av">West St</a> | <a href="#washingtonst">Washington St</a> | <a href="#9av">Greenwich St</a> | <a href="#hudson">Hudson St</a> | <a href="#8av">8th Ave</a> | <a href="#4st">W 4th St</a> | <a href="#greenwichav">Greenwich Ave</a> </center> <hr> Named for Gen. Horatio Gates, who defeated the British at Saratoga--arguably the pivotal battle of the Revolutionary War. A Virginian before the war, Gates freed his enslaved workers and moved to New York in 1790. </td></tr></table> <hr> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="99CCFF"> <br><br> <h2><center>HUDSON RIVER</center></h2> <a name="west"></a> <br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="11av.htm#horatio"> S <===</a>             WEST STREET             <a href="11av.htm#horatio">===> N</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>South:</h3> <p><b>114:</b> These West Coast apartments were put up in 1985. <br><br><br> <h3>Washington Commons</h3> <p><b>Corner:</b> A patch of green with a small waterfall, created by Rockrose Development Corp. in exchange for permission to build a parking garage. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>H<br>O<br>R<br>A<br>T<br>I<br>O</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>North:</h3> <p><b>95:</b> West Coast apartments were a Manhattan Refrigerating Company warehouse (1898-1900). Converted 1984. <br><br> <a name="washingtonst"></a> <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="washingtonst.htm#horatio"> S <===</a>           WASHINGTON STREET           <a href="washingtonst.htm#horatio">===> N </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>South:</h3> <br><br><br><br> <p><b>82:</b> Playwright <a href="http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_clifford_odets.html" target="_blank"> Clifford Odets</a> lived in this apartment building in 1933-35; he wrote <i>Waiting for Lefty</i> here in 1934. <br><br><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>H<br>O<br>R<br>A<br>T<br>I<br>O<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</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>North:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shilli/326872111/" title="West on Horatio From Fire Escape by outregis, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/326872111_b02e8c4bbe_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="West on Horatio From Fire Escape by outregis, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (799 Washington St):</b> Urban Myth Media <p><b>83:</b> <a href="mailto:margecolt@aol.com">Rooms to Let</a>, snug rooms rented cheaply by a real Greenwich Village artist. <p><b>81:</b> Writer <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/baldwin_j.html" target="_blank"> James Baldwin</a> lived here in the 1960s while writing <i>Another Country</i>. <a name="9av"></a> <p><b>79:</b> A four-story 1870 building that was home to novelist <a href="http://www.williamgaddis.org/life&work.shtml" target="_blank" title="Biography"> William Gaddis</a> in the 1930s and '40s. It was sold at auction for $7.4 million in 2008. <p><b>73:</b> <b>West Village Nursery School</b>, a coop founded c. 1962. <p><b>69:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kert" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia"> Larry Kert</a>, the original Tony in <i>West Side Story</i> who later won a Tony as the lead in <i>Company</i>, lived here from 1977 until his 1999 death. <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="9av.htm#horatio">S <===</a>             GREENWICH STREET             <a href="9av.htm#horatio">===> N </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>South:</h3> <p><b>Corner (823 Greenwich St):</b> <a href="http://elfaro.citysearch.com/4.html" target="_blank"> <b>El Faro</b></a>, Spanish restaurant founded in 1927, said to be New York's oldest; it was a favorite of novelists James Baldwin and Dawn Powell. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (633 Hudson):</b> Writer John Cheever was living in a former building here, a teenaged dropout living on bread and buttermilk, when <i>The New Republic</i> published his first short story. Earlier, this address was the headquarters of the Hudson Dusters, a criminal gang whose territory was Manhattan below 13th Street and west of Broadway. They were shut down by police in 1916. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>H<br>O<br>R<br>A<br>T<br>I<br>O<br><br>S<br>T</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>North:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leena/374735723/" title="Greenwich St. by leeno, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/374735723_3df2cc3bc3_m.jpg" width="240" height="176" alt="Greenwich St. by leeno, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>59 (corner):</b> Christian Louboutin Shoe Salon was Astray Cafe, New American. Before that it was Hornblowers on Horatio, and earlier a Chinese dive/restaurant called Young Young. <p><b>51:</b> Musician <a href=http://trconnection.com/home/ballad" target="_blank"> Todd Rundgren</a> lived here with famous rock girlfriend <a href="http://www.playboy.com/playmates/personal/bebebuell/mystory1.html" target="_blank"> Bebe Buell</a>. <a name="hudson"></a> <p><b>47:</b> Abstract Expressionist <a href="http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/pollockhome.html" target="_blank"> Jackson Pollack</a> briefly lived at this address in the early 1930s. <p><b>Corner (637 Hudson):</b> <b>Frederick's Downtown</b>, spendy French tapas, was the swanky Bivio. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="hudson.htm#horatio">S <===</a>           HUDSON STREET           <a href="hudson.htm#horatio">===> N </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>South:</h3>  <p><b>Corner (636 Hudson):</b> <b><a href="http://www.barandbooks.net" target="_blank"> Hudson Bar & Books</a></b>, clubby cigar bar; one of only <a href="http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2005/02/the_eight_bars_1.html" target="_blank">eight bars</a> in New York City where you can legally smoke. Also Yoya, designer kids' clothes <br><br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>H<br>O<br>R<br>A<br>T<br>I<br>O</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>North:</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M237/highlights/6431" target="_blank" title="Home"> Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground</a></h3> <p><b>Corner:</b> A sweet little place created in the early 1960s and named for a neighborhood kid who was killed in Vietnam in 1967. <a name="4st"></a> <p><b><i>38</i>: In the movie <i>Butterfield 8</i>, the Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher characters live at this imaginary address. <p><b>Block (320 W 13th):</b> <b>White Columns</b>, non-profit art space </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="4st.htm#horatio">S <===</a>           WEST FOURTH STREET           <a href="4st.htm#horatio">===> N</a></center></h2> <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>South:</h3> <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>H<br>O<br>R<br>A<br>T<br>I<br>O</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>North:</h3> <p><b>5 (corner):</b> <a href="http://men.style.com/news/blog/2008/07/chop-shop.html?mbid=rss_upgrdr" target="_blank" title="Info"> <b>Freemans Sporting Club</b></a>, retro-style barber shop <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="8av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <h2><center><a href="8av.htm#horatio">S <===</a>           EIGHTH AVENUE           <a href="8av.htm#horatio">===> N </a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <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>South:</h3> <a name="greenwichav"></a> <p><b>14 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.cityrealty.com/sell/building.cr?bid=3711" target="_blank" title="City Realty"> <b>The Van Gogh</b></a> is a 17-story apartment building constructed in 1960 with a distinctive curved facade. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br> <P><b>2 (corner):</b> This was the address of Jackson Hall, which from 1859-63 was the meetingplace of the Mozart Hall faction of the Democratic Party--opponents of Tammany Hall and supporters of Mayor Fernando Wood. Today there's a <a href="http://www.cityrealty.com/sell/building.cr?bid=969" target="_blank" title="City Realty"> 17-story red-brick coop</a> here that was built in 1931. Its facade features two strips of white terra-cotta balconies. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>H<br>O<br>R<br>A<br>T<br>I<br>O<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h3>North:</h3> <h2><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6463" target="_blank" title="Home"> Jackson Square</a></h2> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchamorro/2516853925/" title="Horatio Street by Rafael Chamorro, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/2516853925_e2f224310a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Horatio Street by Rafael Chamorro, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>This park--acquired by the city in 1826--was apparently named for President Andrew Jackson, a hero for New York Democrats at the time. It was redesigned by Calvert Vaux and Parks superintendent Samuel Parsons in 1887. The central cast-iron fountain was installed in 1990. <a name="13st"></a> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="greenwichav.htm#horatio">S <===</a>           GREENWICH AVENUE           <a href="greenwichav.htm#horatio">===> N</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"> <p><b>234 (point):</b> This pointy building houses Integral Yoga Natural Vitamins, Wet Dog Pet Care and Brooklyn Locksmith. <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>1<br>3<br>T<br>H<br><a href="13st.htm#greenwichst"><br>||<br>\/ <br><br>E</a></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"> <p><b>Corner (253 W 13th):</b> This Art Deco electrical substation was built in 1930 for the city's IND subway. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <hr> <br><br> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="800" valign="top"> <p>Is your favorite Horatio Street spot missing? 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