For over 100 years, this small area known as “The Village”, has been a Mecca to the creative and the rebellious. An artists' haven, and the east coast birthplace of the Beat scene, the 60’s counterculture, and the LGBT liberation, it’s tradition as an enclave of avant-garde and alternative culture started in the 19th century when small presses, art galleries, and experimental theater thrived. Later it maintained it's position as a center for forward-thinkers that have challenged the American culture with it’s role in hosting the first racially integrated night club, and the LGBT and anti-war movements. With it’s charming narrow streets, this is the best place for a day of walking and exploring the many interesting and diverse shops, food, bars, music, art and architecture.
The master of the mood and feel of the mid-20th century
A love letter to baseball
The sculpture stands in the courtyard of NYU's Silver Towers designed by I.M.Pei in 1966 and was created from one of the five original busts in Picasso's 1934 Sylvette series. Inspired by Sylvette David, whom Picasso met in 1954. Pei personally chose to enlarge this one with the help of Norwegian sculptor Carl Nesjar who used a Betograve sand-blasting technique to create the 67-ton sculpture. It is based on a folded-metal original made by Picasso in 1954 when Sylvette modeled for it at age 19. This is one of over 40 portraits Picasso made of her in his studio in Vallauris in the south of France. Designated as a historic landmark. Go see what the other side of this sculpture looks like.
