There are a lot of hibiscus flowers in the neighborhood. This one was at street leval under the High Line. I think this is the correct variety. The pink and orange make it look a if it would glow in the dark.
Glowing Hibiscus
Greenwich Village
Patchin Place Doors
I had a request from a fellow blogger to show the home of E. E. Cummings (1894-1962). The charming alley he lived in is called Patchin Place next to Jefferson Market Library.
The property that became Patchin Place and Milligan Place was once part of a farm belonging to Sir Peter Warren. In 1799 it was sold to Samuel Milligan, who later conveyed it to his son-in-law, Aaron Patchin. The buildings that now occupy the site were put up in 1848-1852 as boarding houses for Basque waiters and other workers at the nearby Brevoort House hotel on 5th Avenue.
A story: The then modernist writer Djuna Barnes (1982-1982) moved into a room-and-a-half apartment at 5 Patchin Place in 1941. She became so reclusive that Cummings would occasionally check on her by shouting out his window “Are you still alive, Djuna?”.
- For Norm’s Thursday Doors 6/7/2018
- Patchin Place (Wikipedia)
1 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
2 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
4 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
4 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
5 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
7-9 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
4 Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
Patchin Place, NYC 6/1/2018
The even more charming private Milligan Place around the corner on 6th Avenue.
Milligan Place, NYC 6/1/2018
Milligan Place, NYC 6/1/2018
Milligan Place, NYC 6/1/2018
W 9 Street Doors
I like the lamps too on these Greenwich Village doors on West 9th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue.
Roses
There is a playground/ballfield accross the street that has benches at one end. The rose bushes there are in full blom and smell lovely. The High Line has roses too.
