20 Bethune Street
West Village | built 1910
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1934
Ben Shahn keeps a studio with Walker Evans and Lou Block at 20-22 Bethune Street
After Ben Shahn moved his family out of 23 Bethune Street in November 1934, he kept a working studio at 20-22 Bethune Street. He shared it with the photographer Walker Evans and the painter and photographer Lou Block. Evans had also rented the basement apartment at No. 23 from Shahn for a time.
Source: Village Preservation
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 20 -22 Bethune StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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