Antique Store, West Village, Manhattan
Blue Ribbon Bakery, West Village, Manhattan
Commerce Street from Bedford Street, West Village, Manhattan
House of William Hyde built in 1822, West Village, Manhattan
On the way to a performance by the Greenwich Village Orchestra (GVO) I walked up Bedford Street and took these photos. Bedford and the streets directly off it (Downing, Morton, Leroy, Barrow, Grove, Commerce) are some of my favorite streets in the West Village. (I think I broke most of Jake’s rules in these photos! yay!)
Greenwich Village Orchestra accompanied by a children’s choir, Irving Place, Manhattan
The Greenwich Village Orchestra’s performance was fun. Something different to do with my $10 other than going to a movie or buying an alcoholic bev (gasp!). For the songs “My Favorite Things” and “Al Shlosha Di Varim”, the GVO was accompanied by the choir from the Third Street Music School Settlement. The kids were so cute, especially these two little boys in the front. The boy on the left was a hipster, sporting a swank vest/tie and an ironically cool hipster tail on the back of his hair. Soon all the hipsters in Williamsburg will be saying “cut it all, except leave a tail” to their barbers!
After the concert we hit up Pete’s Tavern (officially sponsor of the GVO on the back of the photocopied playbill!) for some burgers & beer. Pete’s was opened in 1864 and looks exactly as it did then. It’s claim to fame is that one of their regular customers, O. Henry, wrote the classic book “Gift of the Magi” in his favorite booth at Pete’s in 1902.
� Tien’s post on the GVO performance.
� Songlines, Bedford Street
� Forgotten NY on Bedford Street & beyond
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1 tien mao's little read book... // Dec 15, 2003 at 12:26 pm
Greenwich Village Orchestra - “Hilarious!”
The Greenwich Village Orchestra Yesterday, Eleanor, Jessica (the mysterious), Rachelle, and I took in some culture at the Greenwich Village Orchestra’s annual Family Concert. The GVO is a symphony orchestra established in 1986 and comprised of musicia…
2 tien // Dec 16, 2003 at 9:12 am
more from that day … including the pacman hamburger.
3 Nan // Dec 16, 2003 at 9:22 am
I love the pacman hamburger! I’m just happy RB didn’t already have a mouthful!
4 rachelle // Dec 16, 2003 at 9:45 am
That would be a photo that Jeannette would be in! She always has her mouth full of food!
I just want to add a note that I found out about the Greenwich Village Orchestra through the Manhattan User’s Guide (MUG), which I get delivered to my inbox every morning. It’s very good, if you live in NY (they have outer borough info too) and don’t get it, you should subscribe.
5 Nan // Dec 16, 2003 at 6:14 pm
Very true. Jeannette always has her mouth open!
6 jeannette // Dec 29, 2003 at 9:12 am
man - i go on vacation for 2 weeks and peeps be talking smack about me (you know I love it)!
gosh - i could really go for a huge hamburger right about now.
7 alexandra // Oct 13, 2004 at 6:08 pm
love your pictures Bedford and Grove is featured in Friends my favorite show!