Tag: washingtonplace
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April 04, 2016 at 02:42PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Skinny buildings on Broadway in NoHo (there was an early building code specifying there must be a brick partition wall every 25 feet.) Plus, a surprise that my pen leaked lots of waterproof ink during yesterday’s flight, probably from the air pressure changes. #NicksLunchboxService #NoHo #broadway #washingtonplace #nyu #nyc #art #architecture #castironfacade #cityscape…
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March 08, 2016 at 02:33PM
Lunchtime #drawing: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building at 23-29 Washington Pl., where in 1911 a fire killed 146 workers (123 were women) – the owners kept the doors locked to the factory, which was on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors. This disaster spurred legislation for workers’ rights. There are two historic markers at street…
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January 11, 2016 at 06:17PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Columns at St. Joseph’s Church at the corner of Washington Place and Avenue of the Americas, built 1833 and the third oldest Catholic Church in NYC. My daughter woke up from a nap in her stroller just as I started, so only one minute to spare on this drawing. #NicksLunchboxService #catholicchurch #stjosephs #columns…
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October 14, 2015 at 02:55PM
Lunchtime #drawing: Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson lived off and on at 121 Washington Place in Greenwich Village from 1909-12, while writing ‘The Town Down the River’. #NicksLunchboxService #LiteraryGreenwichVillage #architecture #WashingtonPlace #GreenwichVillage #art (at Washington Place) from Nick’s Lunchbox Service on Tumblr http://ift.tt/1MBaMGl via IFTTT