Sunday, March 6, 2011

one is about to drop, your choice?

In its day, 35 Cooper Square — then known as 391 Bowery — was part of a community of grocers, hatters and boot and shoe makers on the Bowery. Farther east and west of the bustling square, farmers still tended fields. After the Stuyvesants moved on (Nicholas died in 1833), the building housed poets, artists, actors, saloons and storefronts. And it became creative inspiration for figures like Diane di Prima, the Beat Generation “poet priestess,” who wrote in her autobiography, “Recollections of My Life as a Woman,” “When I first laid eyes on 35 Cooper Square, I knew it was the fulfillment of all those fantasies of art and the artist’s life. ... It was my dream house.” -- NY Times

6 comments:

Leslie D. said...

Intriguing. Big fan of the NY beat writers.

alex said...

places change. but the literature will always be there.

Rob said...

Fascinating the comparison of architecture.

EV Grieve said...

Can we please lose the building on the right? Thank you.

This is Belgium said...

hope you made it up the part of it being about to drop !
anni
http://whatisbelgium.blogspot.com

Sérgio Pontes said...

I love the perspective =)