Patchin Place
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Photo by Berenice Abbott, March 1936
Lit Nerd Wednesday!
Tree-lined streets are a dime a dozen in the Village but very few have the reputation of the timeless Patchin Place. This small alley populated with three story row houses dates to the late 1840s but by the early 20th century it attracted writers who could have peace and quiet to work in the middle of bohemia. In the 1910s journalists John Reed and Louise Bryant lived there while Reed finished Ten Days That Shook World, his firsthand account of the Russian Revolution.
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Djuna Barnes, c. 1921
Today Patchin Place remains mostly the same even retaining one of the few original gas street lamps minus the gas. The writers have since been replaced by pyschotherapists giving it the new designation of “Therapy Row”.
What: Patchin Place
Who: Djuna Barnes, E.E. Cummings, Louise Bryant, John Reed
Where: 10th Street between Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue
I love Patchin Place, and so do my tour guests. It is included on two of my guided walking tours. The Greenwich Village Walking Tour [http://walkaboutny.com/the-tours/greenwich-village-art-and-history-walking-tour/] and the Gay Village Walking Tour [http://walkaboutny.com/the-tours/gay-village-walking-tour/] because of Djuna Barnes’ long-time residence. Thank you.