WALKING TOURS: THE CITY UNDERFOOT AND OVER TIME
Washington Square North between Fifth Avenue and University Place: Greek Revival Row
(Walking Tour Stops)by Benjamin Sutton, at Dec. 17, 2010, 12:34 a.m.
Walking tour stop name: Washington Square North between Fifth Avenue and University Place: Greek Revival Row
Associated walking tour: Literary Greenwich Village
Walking tour stop description: "Proceeding to the middle of the block opposite the Greek Revival Row, we can get a view of what the neighborhood looked like in Henry James's youth. These houses were all built around 1832-33, after the Park had been converted, 1826-28, from a peaceful field into a military parade ground."
Photo 1: "Manhattan: Washington Square North - University Place" (ca. 1925) Ewing Galloway, New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
Photo 2 by Benjamin Sutton
Walking tour stop location: POINT (-73.9963469636328597 40.7310524790916517)
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Next walking tour stop: Northwest corner of Washington Square North and Fifth Avenue: Henry James's Maternal Grandmother's House, Setting of <i>Washington Square</i>
Previous walking tour stop: Washington Square East at Washington Place: Henry James, Sr.'s Home in 1841
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- Washington Square East at Washington Place: Henry James, Sr.'s Home in 1841 (Walking Tour Stops)
by bhsutton, at Dec. 17, 2010, 12:33 a.m.
- Northwest corner of Washington Square North and Fifth Avenue: Henry James's Maternal Grandmother's House, Setting of <i>Washington Square</i> (Walking Tour Stops)
by bhsutton, at Dec. 17, 2010, 12:36 a.m.
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