Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Carrie Bradshaw's Stoop
For another iconic TV landmark, wander up Bleecker and make a right, stopping at
66
Perry St
, which was used as the apartment of the city's it girl, Carrie Bradshaw, in
Sex
and the City
(though in the show, her address was on the Upper East Side).
Christopher Park
Follow West 4th St until you reach
Christopher Park
, where two white, life-sized statues
of same-sex couples (
Gay Liberation,
1992) stand guard. On the north side of the green
space is the legendary Stonewall Inn, where a clutch of fed-up drag queens and their sup-
porters rioted for their civil rights in 1969, signaling the start of what would become the
gay revolution.
Jefferson Market Library
Head toward Sixth Ave to find the
Jefferson Market Library
straddling a triangular plot
of land at the intersection of several roads. The unmissable 'Ruskinian Gothic' spire was
once a fire lookout tower. In the 1870s, it was used as a courthouse and today it houses a
branch of the public library.
Café Wha?
Take in the flurry of passers-by on Sixth Ave, then swing by
Café Wha?
, the notorious in-
stitution where many young musicians and comedians - like Bob Dylan and Richard Pry-
or - got their start.
Washington Square Park
Further down MacDougal St is
Washington Square Park
(
Click here
), the Village's un-
official town square, which plays host to loitering students, buskers and a regular crowd of
protestors chanting about various global and municipal injustices.
