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