Greenwich Village and the #1913ArmoryShow

The 1913 Armory Show’s organizers could count on an enthusiastic turnout by the artists, intellectuals, and activists living in Greenwich Village. With a population of 45,000, the Village was the neighborhood of choice for young, middle-class people fleeing what they saw as the provincialism of the heartland. John Reed came from Portland, Oregon; Mabel Dodge and Max Eastman from upstate New York; Randolph Bourne from New Jersey; and John Sloan from Philadelphia. More: http://armory.nyhistory.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-greenwich-village/

Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870–1942), Grace Godwin’s Garret, Greenwich Village, ca. 1917. Gelatin silver print. New-York Historical Society