Take a stroll through the streets, parks and neighborhoods that make up Greenwich Village. Before Washington Square became the NYU undergrad film school back lot, the area was known for it’s street art, spontaneous hootenannies, poetry jam sessions and neighborhood fairs. Take a walk around the Village before it became too cool for you.
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I dig!
I dig!
75 gasser is close …
75 gasser is close but not corrrect. The beat poet was Ted Joans,who is actually mentioned in the credits. Google him. Bob Yellin can be seen playing banjo earlier. Dan
I spent the summer …
I spent the summer of 67 in the Village as one of the many runaways that swelled the streets in those days. Ah, man, playin guitar in the park, panhandling, banging girls, experiencing so many things for the first time. What a summer! Memories to last a lifetime!
I got to the …
I got to the Village in 1965. I was 16. The place was magical, like being on a fantasy movie set.
This was before the word “hippie” was even invented.
Tell me, how …
Tell me, how exactly are you able to determine that?
What a bunch of …
What a bunch of self-important doucebags.
Great! I grew up in …
Great! I grew up in the village in the mid 60′s and it was a wonderful place then. WOnderful to hear Jean Shepeards voice again.
Poetic little film. …
Poetic little film. People being creative and free. Out of their heads and into their light. Great place and great community, this. Genuine diversity too, as opposed to what passes for the same these days. I’d have felt quite at home there and then.
a few major things …
a few major things they’re leaving out of this sanitized video: the whores, fags, and trannies who founded and run greenwich village.
I lived in the …
I lived in the village as a kid…. hung out at Manny’s Cafe Wha? and the Cherry Lane Theatre…. used to swim in the fountain and go back and forth to listen to the diffenet singers. My mother played at many of the clubs as a folk singer…. I spent many an evening at the Bitter End….Izzy Young’s music store was a favorite…. and Shel Silverstein’s apartment was there….. lots and lots of memories…
waaw! hay uno q …
waaw! hay uno q lleva una guitarra española xD buenisimo
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Anybody remember …
Anybody remember drummer Gil Rogers from those days? His son is desperately seeking info.
My Favorite place …
My Favorite place in the city many a musician i have met there and i have jammed with many. Well it hasn’t changed at all. I hope NYU leaves it alone.
god. i would have …
god. i would have loved to live there back then
He WROTE the …
He WROTE the Christmas Story.
i’ve lived in the …
i’ve lived in the village since 1975. it’s still pretty cool, but not nearly like it was. this was a dlightful film, and it even showed the block where i live!
one note: the norther termini of san gennaro festival (along mulberry street) and festa st. anthony (along thompson street) is houston street, which is the southern border of the village. but festa our lady of pompeii runs along carmine street from 7th avenue to 6th avenue right here in the village.
if you say youre a …
if you say youre a painter, and youve got the paintings to prove it….hehe
What an intersting …
What an intersting video, thank you so much for posting!
Outstanding! …
Outstanding! Amazing this was filmed two years before I was born. Had a good chuckle @ 5:02 where the guy was checking out the woman’s form bent over looking at the paintings.
That was the poet …
That was the poet Ted Joans reading from the poem, The Sermon.
I’m too young to …
I’m too young to have hung out in the Village in 1960. It took about another 9 years before I was old enough to hang out there and did so until the mid 80s. I loved the old Waverly Theater, W 4 St handball/basketball courts, Washington Square, Jefferson Market library, old book shops, Balducci’s, and lots of people watching.
Man! Those were the days!
those were truly ” …
those were truly “the days” the village…8th st – st.marks pl ..a great time in new york city and the country…we made sure the war ended …
man that looks like …
man that looks like a sexy place to be.
The narrator is …
The narrator is Jean Shepherd, who had a radio show on WOR in New York for years. You also may recognize him as the narrator of A Christmas Story.