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Bleecker Street
Thepresentline-upofordinaryshopsandrestaurantsbeliesthehistoryofthisstreet.
James Fenimore Cooper lived at No. 145 in 1833, Theodore Dreiser stayed at No.
160 when he came to New York in 1895, and James Agee lived at No. 172 from 1941
to 1951. The café at No. 189, on the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal, was the
San Remo bar, the favorite gathering place for William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg,
Gregory Corso, and Jack Kerouac, leading lights of the beat generation.
• Between 6th Ave & West Broadway
New York University
Founded in 1831, N.Y.U. enlarged the scope of early 19th-century study from its pre-
vious concentration on Greek and Latin to contemporary subjects: a “rational and
practical education” for those aspiring to careers in business, industry, science, and
the arts, as well as in law, medicine, and the ministry. It has grown into the largest
private university in America and now occupies many blocks around Washington
Square.
• Washington Square
Judson Memorial Church
An elegant work in Romanesque style by Stanford White, with stained glass by John
La Farge, the church was built in 1888-93 as a memorial to Adoniram Judson, the
firstAmericanBaptistmissionaryinAsia.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
contributedto
the construction. White's use of mottled yellow brick and white terra-cotta trim in-
troduced light coloration into American church architecture.
• 55 Washington Square South
• Open for services 11am Sun
• Free
