Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 11
1 Development of Greenwich Village: A Little Background 15
2 Christopher Street, the Ninth Avenue El and the Story of William "Bill the Butcher" Poole 20
3 Christopher Street Continued: The Fighting Marine, the Stonewall Inn, Lucille Lortel and the Theater de Lys 29
4 Weehawken Street (the Shortest Street in Manhattan), Newgate Prison and the Empire Brewery 40
5 West Tenth and Charles Streets: Pig Alley, The Runaway Bunny and Diane Arbus 50
6 Onward Down Charles Street: Writers, Musicians and a Future Mayor 61
7 Perry Street: Frank Serpico, Jane Jacobs, Sir Peter Warren and Bleecker Gardens 68
8 Up and Down West Eleventh Street: The White Horse Tavern, a Palazzo and Many Writers and Poets 78
9 Busy Bank Street 88
10 West Street: Superior Ink and Herman Melville, Gansevoort Market, the Meatpacking District and the Death Avenue Cowboy 99
11 Up on the High Line, Down on Horatio Street: Odets, Baldwin, Pollock and the Hudson Dusters 108
12 Jane Street and Back to Bank Street: Alexander Hamilton and Max Eastman, Auntie Mame and Abingdon Square 117
About the Authors 127
