1937

Manhattan: 8th Street - 6th Avenue

(1) 8th Street (formerly also known as Clinton Place), south side, west from 24 West 8th Street to Sixth Avenue. This is one of the principal shop and restaurant sections of Greenwich Village. Between 30 and 34 West 8th Street is the upper end of Macdougal Street. In the background is the Sixth Avenue Elevated Station. 28 West 8th Street, occupied by the Jumble Shop Restaurant, has in its time housed various notable people. James Fraser, the sculptor, lived here; and the buffalo nickel was designed here by his wife, Laura Fraser. Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote some of his poetry at this address. May 24, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, west from No. 20. Note the demolition at the S.W. corner of MacDougal Street. "Gonfarone's," a famous restaurant occupied this site for years. For further data upon same, see the New York Times of May 30, 1937. June 1, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection