I generally prefer to write my own posts rather than link to others, but there is an article on PetaPixel well worth viewing for the number of photos it contains that were taken by pioneering female photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals depicting life in Greenwich Village in the 1920's when it was still the center of New York City's artistic community. When I first came to the city and visited there the area had found new life as a focal point of 1960's counterculture, but unfortunately NYU's expansion and gentrification have by now completely obliterated its exciting character and turned it into just another piece of overpriced Manhattan real estate. Looking at the photos in the PetaPixel article one can't help experiencing a wave of nostalgia for what once was.
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