Laguardia Place runs from Houston Street to Washington Square South at the park. Like the airport in Queens, Laguardia Place is named for Fiorello H. Laguardia, New York City mayor from 1934-1945. A true local, Laguardia was born in Greenwich Village and attended New York University law school. As mayor he is remembered for leading [...]

As I was exiting one of the galleries at the Forbes Building on Fifth Avenue a woman said, “Oh, hello Mr. Forbes, haven’t seen you around in a while”. There was Steve Forbes, president and editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine in the building that bears his name. The galleries at the Forbes Building are open to [...]

Looking for an R2D2 or a Batman statue? Check out Forbidden Planet on Broadway. Named for the 1956 Sci-Fi movie starring Walter Pidgeon, Forbidden Planet prides itself as being the top comic and alternative hobby store in NYC. If you are into Star Wars, Super Heroes and other comic book characters, walking down the aisles [...]

   The Strand Bookstore on the corner of 12th Street and Broadway is a true staple of Greenwich Village. For more than 80 years, since 1927 the Strand has been serving the literary needs of New Yorkers, with its self proclaimed 18 miles of books, new, used, rare, and out of print.  The Strand moved [...]

  If you’ve built up an appetite after a full day of walking around Greenwich Village, look no further than Knickerbocker Bar and Grill. The T-Bone steak, which can be ordered for 1,2,3,or4 people, with mashed or baked potato and creamed spinach is pure carnivorous ecstasy, especially when topped with bleu cheese. The 100 year [...]

  There is not a cinema in Greenwich Village with a greater continuous run of showing films than Cinema Village. Built in 1963 in the shell of a turn of the century fire house on East 12th Street, the 3 screen theatre has brought the finest foreign and independent films to the big screen. Cinema [...]

  Alfred Portale’s classic restaurant Gotham Bar and Grill is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary. Since 1984, for fine dining Gotham is the place to go. Gotham prides itself on their exquisite cuisine and relaxed atmosphere. A great place to celebrate a special occasion or enjoy a leisurely lunch with their excellent $31 prix fix lunch [...]

Adidas…All Day I Dream About Sports …actually named for Adolf “Adi” Dassler. Started back in 1924, Adolf and his brother Rudolph Dassler started making sports shoes in Bavaria. Jesse Owens wore the shoes enroute to four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The brothers split up in 1947, Rudolph formed the brand Puma and [...]

 In the late 19th and early 20th century Brooklynites were referred to as trolley dodgers as they weaved around the many trolley cars that flew down tracks throughout the borough. Leading to the name of the pride and joy of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Dodgers, until they pulled the heart out of each and every man, [...]

  Shakespeare and Company is a great bookstore located at Broadway and Washington Place. They have a great arts section downstairs with an excellent selection of plays for all you theatrical enthusiasts. Shakespeare and Co. also carries coursebooks for NYU and the New School, and will even buy back your used textbooks. Located at 716 [...]