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The Last Eccentrics of Greenwich Village

The Last Eccentrics
Greenwich Village, New York, NY, USA
Free
Sound walk

The epicenter of New York City’s 1960s countercultural movement, the nonconforming tree-lined streets of Greenwich Village attracted nonconforming residents.

A fully immersive, mobile audio tour through the streets of Greenwich Village, a place that once was a sort of Bohemia, a crucible for art, community, and rebellion. From the secret meetings of the Arch Conspirators to the riots at the Stonewall Inn, see Greenwich Village through a whole new lens.

Download the Gesso app for the best experience including an interactive map and autoplay feature for self-guided walks.

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Hosted by: Gesso

APA style reference

Wang, H., & Reynolds, M. (2020). The Last Eccentrics of Greenwich Village. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/the-last-eccentrics-of-greenwich-village/
Henna Wang

Henna Wang

(United States) 
Michael Reynolds

Michael Reynolds

(United States) 

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pedestrian acts

By de Certeau: In “Walking in the City”, de Certeau conceives pedestrianism as a practice that is performed in the public space, whose architecture and behavioural habits substantially determine the way we walk. For de Certeau, the spatial order “organises an ensemble of possibilities (e.g. by a place in which one can move) and interdictions (e.g. by a wall that prevents one from going further)” and the walker “actualises some of these possibilities” by performing within its rules and limitations. “In that way,” says de Certeau, “he makes them exist as well as emerge.” Thus, pedestrians, as they walk conforming to the possibilities that are brought about by the spatial order of the city, constantly repeat and re-produce that spatial order, in a way ensuring its continuity. But, a pedestrian could also invent other possibilities. According to de Certeau, “the crossing, drifting away, or improvisation of walking privilege, transform or abandon spatial elements.” Hence, the pedestrians could, to a certain extent, elude the discipline of the spatial order of the city. Instead of repeating and re-producing the possibilities that are allowed, they can deviate, digress, drift away, depart, contravene, disrupt, subvert, or resist them. These acts, as he calls them, are pedestrian acts.

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