e.e. cummings wrote that "love is a place." Perhaps he meant 4 Patchin Place, in Greenwich Village, where he lived from 1924-1962. Cummings was certainly not the only poet to live in Greenwich Village, and not even the only poet to live on Patchin Place. In this walking tour of Greenwich Village with historian Lucie Levine, we'll visit the homes and haunts of well over a century of poets who called the neighborhood home. Along the way we'll meet symbolists and modernists, 19th century salon hostesses and 20th century raconteurs, pulitzer prize winners and prophets, feminist luminaries and queer pioneers whose words enriched, and even defined, American life. Tour Leader Lucie Levine is a writer, historian and New York City tour guide. She founded the historical tour and event company Archive on Parade, and has offered tours and lectures on New York City history in collaboration with, The New School, CUNY, NYU Langone, The American Institute of Architects, The Municipal Art Society, The Historic Districts Council, The New York Public Library, The 92nd Street Y, Village Preservation, The New York Preservation Archive Project and Landmark West.
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