Most of us have found ourselves on either end of this kind of scenario—painted in 1928 by Greenwich Village resident Hopper.
The Whitney has an exhibition of Edward Hopper paintings and prints, as well as those of his contemporaries like Martin Lewis and Reginald Marsh. It runs through April 2011.
Tags: Edward Hopper, Edward Hopper in New York City, Greenwich Village painters, Martin Lewis, New York in the 1920s, paintings of NYC, Reginald Marsh, the Whitney Museum
Ephemeral New York 
December 6, 2010 at 12:42 pm |
mmmmmmmm!
December 10, 2010 at 8:39 pm |
Edward Hopper– great subject for this blog!
Not long ago, I read that the diner pictured in “Nighthawks” was located on that triangular lot, at the corner of Seventh Avenue & Greenich; though this “fact” is a matter of debate:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/opinion/05moss.html
But I like to believe it true, and I think of “Nighthawks” whenever I pass by this plot of real estate (which is often).
December 11, 2010 at 9:26 pm |
Here’s the whole story on Jeremiah Moss’s own website “Vanishing New York”.
http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2010/06/finding-nighthawks-part-1.html
Check the links for the entire story.
December 11, 2010 at 11:56 pm |
Thanks Joe R–Jeremiah did an amazing and exhaustive take!