GREENWICH VILLAGE, EAST VILLAGE New York, 1960s

The Village is the stuff of legends: a hotbed of musicians, artists, performers, intellectuals, activists. In the 1950s, people often defined Greenwich Village as a literal village with a small-town atmosphere.East Village since the 1960s has been New York City's home of choice for Beats, hippies, and no-wave bands, Allen Ginsberg, W H Auden, Abbie Hoffman, Fillmore East, and the Poetry Project,CAFE WHA? CAFE AU GO GO, PURPLE ONION, ELECTRIC CIRCUS, GEM SPA, PLAYERS THEATRE, THE BITTER END, GASLIGHT CAFE, THE BACK DOOR, FIMORE EAST ,TOMPKINS SQUARE, MACDOUGAL STREET, BLEEKER STREET, St.MARK'S PLACE, 2nd.AVENUE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, CAFE FIGARO