Editing Greenwich Village (section)

==In popular culture==
===Comics===
* In the [[DC Comics universe]], [[Wonder Woman]] lived in the "Village" in New York City (never called by its full name, but clearly depicted as Greenwich Village) during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when she had lost most of her superpowers. [[Madame Xanadu]] lived on [[Chrystie Street]], described alternately as being in "Greenwich Village" and the "East Village".<ref>[https://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/tag/feminism/ "Comics are the literature of outcasts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225192850/https://greenwichvillagehistory.wordpress.com/tag/feminism/ |date=February 25, 2022 }}, Researching Greenwich Village History; Companion site to Creating Digital History ([[New York University|NYU]] GA HIST.2033), November 4, 2014. Accessed February 25, 2022. "Wonder Woman herself lived in the Village in the sixties and seventies. Madame Xanadu, a sorceress based on the Arthurian legend of Nimue, had her salon on Chrystie Street."</ref>
* In the [[Marvel Comics universe]], Master of the Mystic Arts and [[Sorcerer Supreme]], [[Doctor Strange]], lives in a brownstone mansion in Greenwich Village. Doctor Strange's [[Sanctum Sanctorum (Marvel Comics)|Sanctum Sanctorum]] is located at 177A [[Bleecker Street]].<ref>Herman, David. [https://www.villagepreservation.org/2021/06/02/strange-spot-on-bleecker-street/ "A 'Strange' Spot, on Bleecker Street"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225192849/https://www.villagepreservation.org/2021/06/02/strange-spot-on-bleecker-street/ |date=February 25, 2022 }}, Village Preservation Blog, June 2, 2021. Accessed February 25, 2022. "You're walking along Bleecker Street in the heart of Greenwich Village when the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.... You've arrived at your destination: 177A Bleecker Street, better known as the Sanctum Sanctorum, and home to the famed sorcerer-hero, Dr. Strange."</ref>

===Film===
* In [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954) [[James Stewart]]'s character lives in a Greenwich Village apartment.<ref>Itzkoff, Dave. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E4DE143EF930A1575AC0A9669D8B63 "ARTSBEAT; Judge Clears ''Disturbia'' In Infringement Suit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001933/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E4DE143EF930A1575AC0A9669D8B63 |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', September 23, 2010. Accessed November 3, 2016. "No matter what James Stewart thought he saw from his wheelchair perched perilously close to the window overlooking his Greenwich Village courtyard in ''Rear Window,'' a federal judge said she did not see enough similarities between that 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller and the 2007 film ''Disturbia'' to rule that it infringed on the copyright of the earlier movie."</ref>
* In ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' (1953), the Sherwood sisters leave 1935 [[Columbus, Ohio]], for Greenwich Village to pursue their dreams of becoming a writer (Ruth) and an actress (Eileen). Their apartment was said to be on [[Christopher Street (Manhattan)|Christopher Street]], though the actual apartment of author [[Ruth McKenney]] and her sister [[Eileen McKenney]] was at 14 [[Gay Street (Manhattan)|Gay Street]].
* In ''[[Funny Face]]'' (1957), Jo Stockton ([[Audrey Hepburn]]) works at a bookstore called Embryo Concepts in the Village, where she is discovered by Dick Avery ([[Fred Astaire]]).<ref>La Ferla, Ruth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/fashion/17BEAT.html "Downbeat Never Looked So Good"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002539/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/fashion/17BEAT.html |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 17, 2006. Accessed November 3, 2016. "Looking lithe if slightly owlish, Audrey Hepburn made a fetching bookstore-clerk-turned-model in ''Funny Face,'' the action of that 1957 film whisking her from grotty Greenwich Village to the Left Bank of Paris."</ref>
* In ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989), Sally drops Harry off in front of the [[Washington Square Arch]] after they share a drive from [[University of Chicago]].<ref>Hoffman, Jordan. [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/when-harry-met-sally-anniversary-new-york-have-what-shes-having "Have What They're Having: Taking the ''When Harry Met Sally...'' Tour of New York"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', July 11, 2019. Accessed August 21, 2023. "Find the right partner, Ephron and Reiner are saying, and you can basically live out this story. The backdrop is waiting for you—starting with the Washington Square Arch, a gorgeous marble edifice erected in 1892 that literally bookends this story."</ref>
* In ''[[Wait Until Dark (film)|Wait Until Dark]]'' (1967), Susy Hendrix ([[Audrey Hepburn]]) lives at 4 St. Luke's Place.<ref>Whitty, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/02/family_viewing_wait_until_dark.html "Family Viewing: ''Wait Until Dark''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104083956/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/02/family_viewing_wait_until_dark.html |date=November 4, 2016 }}, ArtiSyndicate, February 22, 2014. Accessed November 3, 2016. "Wait Until Dark 1967: Directed by Terence Young. With Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin.... Once upon a time: Susy, the 'world's champion blind lady,' is alone in her chic Greenwich Village apartment when the doorbell rings."</ref>
* ''[[Next Stop, Greenwich Village]]'' (1976) chronicles the story of a young Jewish boy in 1953 who moves to the Village, looking to break into acting.
* ''[[The Pope of Greenwich Village]]'' (1984) centers on a [[maître d']] ([[Mickey Rourke]]) in the Italian section of the Village.
* ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]'' (1999), [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Cole Sprouse|Cole]]/[[Dylan Sprouse]]'s characters live in a Greenwich Village loft.<ref>Baltake, Joe. [https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1999/06-25/0030__big_daddy___sandler_goes_soft__a.html "''Big Daddy'': Sandler goes soft, and film stops being fun"], ''[[Kitsap Sun]]'', June 25, 1999. Accessed August 21, 2023. "Sonny, it seems, manages to get by working one day a week as a New York tollbooth cashier. But somehow, he also manages to afford this elaborate and trendy Greenwich Village loft, which he shares with one of his best friends, Kevin (Jon Stewart in a non-role), who is quickly moving past Sonny."</ref>
* ''[[Chinese Coffee]]'' (2000), an independent film by [[Al Pacino]], which features Pacino and [[Jerry Orbach]], is set in Greenwich Village in 1982.
* ''[[The Collector of Bedford Street]]'' (2002) is a documentary about a neighborhood block association on Bedford Street that establishes a trust fund for a mentally disabled man named Larry Selman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welcomechange.org/films/the-collector-of-bedford-street/ |title=The Collector of Bedford Street |publisher=Welcome Change Productions |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
* In ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007), Robert Neville ([[Will Smith]]) lives in [[Washington Square Park|Washington Square]].
* Greenwich Village is the setting for the restaurant 22 Bleecker in the [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Aaron Eckhart]] and [[Abigail Breslin]] movie ''[[No Reservations (film)|No Reservations]]'' (2007).
* In ''[[Wanderlust (2012 film)|Wanderlust]]'' (2012) the characters played by [[Paul Rudd]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] live in a New York City apartment located in the West Village.
* In ''[[Kids (film)|Kids]]'', the characters Telly and Casper head to Washington Square Park to hang out with their skateboarding friends and buy/smoke marijuana.
* The Coen brothers' ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' (2013) depicts the Village in the early 1960s, focusing on the emerging folk scene.<ref>Helmore, Edward. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/greenwich-village-inside-llewyn-davis-coen-brothers "Why Inside Llewyn Davis doesn't get inside the Village; The Coen Brothers movie is immersed in the folk scene of the early 60s in Greenwich Village, where boho survivors still recall the glory days – and lament a few of the film's flaws"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825234939/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/greenwich-village-inside-llewyn-davis-coen-brothers |date=August 25, 2016 }}, ''[[The Guardian]]'', January 25, 2014. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* In the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] live—action film, ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018), a battle between [[Tony Stark]], [[Peter Parker]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Wong (Marvel Comics)|Wong]], and the [[Black Order (comics)|Black Order]] takes place in the Village.

===Literature===
* In her non-fiction, [[Jane Jacobs]] frequently cites Greenwich Village as an example of a vibrant urban community, most notably in her 1961 book ''[[The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]''.<ref>Rodwin, Lloyd. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/17/reviews/jacobs.html "Neighbors Are Needed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028154945/http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/17/reviews/jacobs.html |date=October 28, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', November 5, 1961. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* Frank and April Wheeler of the 1961 novel ''[[Revolutionary Road]]'', and the [[Revolutionary Road (film)|2008 film of the same name]], used to share an apartment on Bethune Street in the [[West Village]] prior to the events of the story.<ref>Waldman, Adelle. [https://newrepublic.com/article/64463/blaming-the-burbs "Blaming the 'Burbs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003022/https://newrepublic.com/article/64463/blaming-the-burbs |date=October 18, 2018 }}, ''The New Republic'', December 22, 2008. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* [[O. Henry]]'s 1907 short story, "[[The Last Leaf]]", is set in Greenwich Village.
* The anti-hero of the 1961 book ''[[Mother Night]]'' by author [[Kurt Vonnegut]], and the [[Mother Night (film)|1996 film of the same name]], Howard W. Campbell Jr., resides in Greenwich Village after [[World War II]] and prior to his arrest by the Israelis.<ref>Hunter, Stephen. "[https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/11/08/deception-rules-mother-night-review-nolte-arkin-are-great-in-a-big-film-that-doesnt-act-like-the-small-budget-movie-it-is/ Deception rules 'Mother Night' Review: Nolte, Arkin are great in a big film that doesn't act like the small-budget movie it is]", ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', November 8, 1996. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref>
* In [[Lesley M. M. Blume]]'s children's novel, ''Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters'', the main characters reside in Greenwich Village.<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-375-93523-7 ''Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028084945/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-375-93523-7 |date=October 28, 2016 }}, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''. Accessed October 27, 2016. "This promising first novel introduces memorable 11-year-old Cornelia S. Englehart, who lives in Greenwich Village with her "very famous concert pianist" mother, Lucille Englehart."</ref>
* The suggestion of moving to the Village shocks newlywed New York aristocrat Jamie "Rick" Ricklehouse in [[Nora Johnson]]'s 1985 novel ''Tender Offer''. The implication is telling of the Village's reputation in the New York of the 1960s before mass gentrification when it was perceived as lowly and beneath upper class society.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Nora |title=Tender Offer |year=1985 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0-671-55666-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tenderoffer00john/page/98 98] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/tenderoffer00john/page/98}}</ref>
* In [[Philip Roth]]'s 2000 novel ''[[The Human Stain]]'' the main character Coleman Silk lives in the Village while studying at NYU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Human Stain: Greenwich Village, ca. 1953 {{!}} Patell and Waterman's History of New York |url=https://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2009/06/the-human-stain-greenwich-village-ca-1953/ |access-date=2021-08-30|website=ahistoryofnewyork.com}}</ref>

===Music===
* "[[Divers (album)|Sapokanikan]]" by [[Joanna Newsom]] is written about historical events that include the history of Greenwich Village.
* "[[Cornelia Street]]" by [[Taylor Swift]] is written about the singer's time when she rented an apartment there.<ref>Heskin, Lauren. [https://www.image.ie/living/take-a-look-inside-taylor-swifts-cornelia-street-apartment-156837 "Take a look inside Taylor Swift's old Cornelia Street apartment"], ''[[Image (magazine)|Image]]'', April 20, 2023. Accessed August 21, 2023. "The ninth song on the album ''Lover'', 'Cornelia Street' focuses on the beginning of a relationship that takes shape at a place on New York City's Cornelia Street. Taylor rented a townhouse there in 2016 and the song is thought to be about Joe Alwyn, who she began dating around that time."</ref>
* The cover photo for ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]'' (1963) of Dylan and his then-girlfriend [[Suze Rotolo]] was taken on Jones Street near West [[4th Street]] in Greenwich Village, near their apartment.<ref>Carlson, Jen [http://www.gothamist.com/2006/04/18/nyc_album_art_t.php "NYC Album Art: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521041033/http://gothamist.com/2006/04/18/nyc_album_art_t.php |date=May 21, 2011 }}, ''Gothamist'', April 18, 2006, accessed August 11, 2011.</ref>
* In an interview with [[Jann Wenner]], [[John Lennon]] said, "I should have been born in New York, I should have been born in the Village, that's where I belong."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailyquote.com/2011/10/where-i-should-have-been-born.html |website=NY Daily Quote |title=Where I Should Have Been Born |date=October 9, 2011 |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Buddy Holly]] and his wife [[Maria Elena Santiago]] lived in Apartment 4H of the Brevoort Apartments, at 11 Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village. Here he recorded the series of acoustic songs, including "[[Crying, Waiting, Hoping]]" and "What to Do", known as the "Apartment Tapes", which were released after his death.<ref>{{Cite book |title=All Around the Town: Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities |last=Bunyan |first=Patrick |date=November 2010 |publisher=Fordham University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8232-3174-4 |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ytpzn0EfA-YC&pg=PA160 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}</ref>

===Television===
[[File:The_House_used_in_Friends_(48072768102).jpg|thumb|right|200px|90 Bedford Street, used for [[establishing shot]] in ''[[Friends]]'']]
* The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Barney Miller]]'' (1975–82) was set at the fictional 12th precinct [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] station in Greenwich Village.<ref>Vinciguerra, Thomas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/arts/television/barney-miller-remains-on-the-beat-in-a-complete-dvd-set.html "The Shoe Leather Never Wears Thin At This Cop Shop"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 28, 2011. Accessed August 21, 2023. "It was a half-hour comedy set in a couple of grimy Greenwich Village squad rooms, populated by misfits who spent much of their time filling out paperwork and grumbling about bad coffee. On ABC from 1975 to 1982, ''Barney Miller'' rewrote the rules of cop shows and sitcoms alike."</ref>
* The [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Kate & Allie]]'' (1984–1989) was set in Greenwich Village.<ref>[https://televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/kate-and-allie "Kate and Allie", ''Television Heaven''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121134529/https://televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/kate-and-allie |date=January 21, 2021 }}. Retrieved 8 January 2021.</ref>
* The [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Friends]]'' (1994–2004) is set in the Village. Central Perk was supposedly on Mercer or Houston Street, down the block from the [[Angelika Film Center]];{{efn|The Angelika Film Center was said to be "up the block" from Central Perk in "The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel", the sixth season's second episode, placing the coffee house on Mercer Street or Houston.}} and [[Phoebe Buffay|Phoebe]] lived at 5 Morton Street.{{efn|This address was given "The One With Joey's New Brain", episode 7–15.}} The building in the exterior shot of [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]], [[Joey Tribbiani|Joey]], [[Rachel Green|Rachel]], and [[Monica Geller|Monica]]'s apartment building is at the corner of Grove and Bedford Streets in the [[West Village]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movielocationsguide.com/Friends/filming_locations |title=Filming locations for Friends |publisher=Movielocationsguide.com |access-date=September 21, 2010}}</ref>
* The Village features prominently throughout the six seasons of ''[[Mad Men]]''. In Season 1, [[Don Draper]] is having an affair with artist [[List of Mad Men characters#Midge Daniels|Midge Daniels]], who lives in the Village. In Season 4, Don moves to an apartment on [[Waverly Place]] and [[Avenue of the Americas|Sixth Avenue]] (specified, for example, in "[[Public Relations (Mad Men)|Public Relations]]"). And in Season 6, [[Betty Draper|Betty Francis]] goes to Greenwich Village looking for a family friend, in "[[The Doorway]]", and [[Joan Harris]] and her girlfriend Kate go on a night on the town that culminates at the [[Electric Circus (nightclub)|Electric Circus]], in "[[To Have and to Hold (Mad Men)|To Have and to Hold]]".<ref>{{cite news |journal=Vulture |date=April 22, 2013 |url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/mad-men-recap-season-6-to-have-and-hold-heinz.html |title=''Mad Men'' Recap: The Electric Circus |author=Matt Zoller Seitz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |magazine=The New Yorker |author=Alex Ross |title=The Rest is Noise: Electric Circus, Electric Ear |date=April 21, 2013 |url=http://www.therestisnoise.com/2013/04/electric-circus-electric-ear.html}}</ref>
* The NBC Sitcom ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (1984–92) made several references to the Village during its run, and the townhouse used for exterior shots, though purportedly set in Brooklyn for purposes of the show, is actually located at 10 St. Luke's Place.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=William A. |date=June 1, 2000 |title=Shot On This Site: A Traveler's Guide to the Places and Locations Used to Film Famous Movies and T V Shows |page=210 |location=New York |publisher=[[Kensington Books|Citadel Press]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c2tZY-i6aa8C&pg=PA210 |access-date=April 16, 2018 |isbn=0-806-51647-X}}</ref>
* ''[[The Real World: Back to New York]]'', the 2001 season of the [[MTV]] [[reality television]] series ''[[The Real World (TV series)|The Real World]]'', was filmed in the Village.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realworldhouses.com/realworld10.html |title=Hudson Street Loft |publisher=Realworldhouses.com |access-date=September 21, 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Village Barn]]'' (1948–50), the first [[country music]] show on network television ([[NBC]]) originated from a nightclub of the same name in the basement of [[Electric Lady Studios|52 West 8th Street]].<ref>Fleischmann, Laura. [https://www.villagepreservation.org/2019/05/08/hallowed-halls-greenwich-village-historic-district/ "The Hallowed Music Halls of the Greenwich Village Historic District"], [[Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation]], May 8, 2019. Accessed May 5, 2024. "Prior to that, the basement of the building contained 'The Village Barn,' a country-themed nightclub and dining hall, from 1930 to 1967.  The Village Barn even spawned an eponymous country music program on NBC, the first country music program on American network television."</ref>
* Greenwich Village is the setting for Disney's ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' and ''[[Girl Meets World]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-new-programs-on-c/146652212/ "Cable unleashes autumn programs"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', September 23, 2007. Accessed May 5, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "''The Wizards of Waverly Place'' (Disney, Oct. 12) — Sitcom about a magic-making Greenwich Village family. With David DeLuise and Maria Canals Barrera"</ref><ref>Fine, Alicia. [https://nyulocal.com/girl-meets-world-creates-weird-fratty-version-of-nyu-6f00e051e772 "Girl Meets World Creates Weird Fratty Version of NYU"], ''[[Medium (website)|Medium]]'', September 22, 2015. Accessed May 5, 2024. "In ''Girl Meets World'' ultimate relationship goals couple Cory and Topanga have stood the test of time. 14 years after the events of ''Boy Meets World'' the two are living in a spacious Greenwich Village apartment with their daughter, the show's lead character Riley (Rowan Blanchard), and her little brother."</ref>

===Theater===
* The play ''[[Bell, Book and Candle]]'' is partly set in Greenwich Village.