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NYC's East Village is famously
known as the counter-culture capital of the world and center of
radical arts and activism in America; Though, as part of the greater
Lower East Side, it is one of the most historic neighborhoods in
the country...
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VILLAGE NOTABLE RESIDENTS |
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This is just a short list
of some of the EV's most culturally influential
residents, past & present. Are
we forgetting anyone? Contact
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Blondie
- Musicians
Bob
Dylan - Folk and rock musician
Bob Holman - Poet, activist
Bobby
Steele - Musician, The Misfits,
The Undead, activist
Charles
"Lucky" Luciano - Sicilian American
gangster
Charlie
Parker - Jazz legend
Charles Mingus - Jazz legend
Chi Chi Valenti - Nightclub pioneer
Chico
- Graffiti artist
Clayton Patterson - Photo journalist,
activist
Cornelius
Vanderbilt - Historic entrepreneur
David
Cross - Actor, Comedian
David
Peel - Musician, activist
David
Wojnarowicz - Artist
Dee-Lite - Club music pioneers
Debbie Harry - Musician, artist
Edward G. Robinson - Actor
Ellen
Stewart - La Mama E.T.C. Founder
Emma
Goldman - Writer, publisher
Fab
5 Freddy - Hip hop pioneer
Frank
O'Hara - Writer, poet
George
Gershwin - Composer
Gogol
Bordello - "Gypsy/Punk" band
Grace Cade - Educator, local nursery
school pioneer
Handsome
Dick Manitoba - Musician, business
owner
Herman
Melville - Author
Hilly
Kristal - CBGB's founder
Iggy
Pop - Musician
Jack
Kerouac - Beat writer
Jackie
Beat/Dirty Sanchez- Performance
artist
Jackie
Curtis - Poet, play write, Warhol
superstar
Jackson
Pollack - Artist
James
Cagney - Actor
James
Fenimore Cooper - Classic American
writer
Jean
Michel Baquiat - Painter, visual
artist
Jeff Buckley - Musician
Jeff
Koons - Artist
Jello
Biafra - Musician, spoken word artist,
activist
Jim
Power - The Mosaic Man
Jimi
Hendrix - Musician
Joseph
Solman - Artist, co-founder of The
Ten
John
Coltrane - Jazz legend
John
Jacob Astor - Early industrialist
John Sex - Musician, Performance artist
John Vaccaro - The Playhouse of the
Ridiculous
Julian Beck - The Living Theater
Kieth
Haring - Artist
Klaus
Nomi - Musician, perfomance artist
Lady
Bunny - Peformance artist, Wigstock
founder
Leadbelly
- Blues artist
Lenny
Bruce - Comedian, activist
Lenny Kaye - Musician
LeonTrotsky
- Writer, publisher
LeRoi
Jones/Amiri Baraka - Writer
Liz
Christy - Community garden pioneer
Lypsinka - Performance artist
Madonna
- Pop and dance star
Miguel
Pinero - Writer, play write
Nicola
Tesla - Inventor, engineer, Edison
nemesis
Norman
Mailer - Writer, publisher
NY
Dolls - Musicians
Patti
Smith - Musician, activist
Paul
Rosenfels - Psychologist, gay rights
pioneer
Penny
Arcade - Actress, musician, writer,
performance artist
Peter
Stuyvesant - Political pioneer
Philip
Glass - Composer
Quentin
Crisp - Novelist, actor
Richard
Hell - Musician, writer
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop
Shopping - Activist
Robert
Mapplethorp - Photographer
Rockets
Redglare - Film actor
Sonic
Youth - Post-punk pioneers
Sun
Ra - Avant-jazz pioneer
Susan
B Anthony - Pioneered women's rights
here
Susan Leonard - Painter, Artist
Talking
Heads - Music innovators
Television - Music innovators
The
Fugs - Musicians, activists
The
Poetry Project - 30 years at St.
Marks Church
The
Ramones - Punk rock legends
The
Undead - Rock & Roll innovators
The
Velvet Underground - Music pioneers
Tom
Forcade - Founder of High Times
Voivods
- Punk pioneers
Walt
Whitman - Writer and poet
W.H.
Auden - 20th century Novelist
William
Burroughs - Writer
Willem
DeKooning - Artist
Yuri
Kapralov - Author
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Welcome to the East Village!
Interactive Google map with local landmarks and points
of interest. |
A brief history of the East Village, Lower East Side,
and New York City. |
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From Native Americans and Dutch settlers to modern day
gentrification. |
Free East Village / Lower East Side guided tours by the
EVHP. |
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Check out EVHP founder Eric Ferrara's new interactive column,
Trace the steps of NYC's most notorious gangsters, an EVHP
project: 
Get the inside scoop on local politics in EVHP co-founder,
Rob Hollander's, 