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“ I've traveled the
world for over 40 years, and
Uncle Sam's Tour was the best I've ever taken.”
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From Edgar
Allan Poe to Simon and Garfunkel, join us to discover where
American literature, painting, cinema, and modern music got
their start. This stroll through the winding, twisted streets of
Greenwich Village takes you to sights including Washington
Square, New York University, Sheridan Square, Our Lady of
Pompeii Church, and the folk music clubs of Bleecker Street.
Named after the father of American Poetry, this tour will
explore the origins of the neighborhood that became the
incubator for the art movements in the United States, from
American Literature, Theater, stand-up comedy, and classic rock.
During the 1960s folk music scene, artists such as Barbara
Streisand, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Jackson
Browne, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, Richie Havens, Tom
Paxton, Jimi Hendrix and Nina Simone all began their careers in
the local nightclubs, theaters, and coffeehouses of Greenwich
Village. For well over a century, 'The Village' has nurtured
struggling artists, writers and musicians from Edgar Allan Poe
to the Beat poets to Bob Dylan. These days no penniless artists
could afford to live in the beautiful brownstones along the
tree-lined streets. But look carefully and you can still find
traces of the old 'bohemia'.
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