The Patchin Page

4 Patchin Place, May 1958 (photograph by Marion Morehouse)

EEC and Marion had a small apartment on the first floor, while Cummings' studio (workroom) was on the third floor at the back. 


A more contemporary photo of EEC's longtime New York City home. 

The old Jefferson Market Court at the end of the street, opposite # 4 Patchin.

LINKS:

James Sibley Watson photo of EEC [on the fire-escape?] at Patchin Place (1925)

Photo of EEC in lower floor sitting room at Patchin Place (c. 1940s?)

Marion Morehouse photo of Patchin Place (1958?)

4 Patchin Place (from a John Cooper Powys site): http://www.powys-lannion.net/Powys/America/PatchinP.htm
(The writers John Cooper Powys, Llewelyn Powys, and Alyse Gregory--early Dial editor--also lived for a time in the building.)

Berenice Abbott photos (1936, 1937) of Patchin Place and Jefferson Market: http://www.mcny.org/Exhibitions/abbott/a079.htm (From the Museum of the City of New York site) 

Alleys of Greenwich Vilage: http://www.forgotten-ny.com/Alleys/GREENWICH%20VILLAGE/green.html
(Loads slowly: scroll down to find photos of Patchin Place)

Historical Markers and the Lower Case Questionhttp://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/caps2.html#plaque



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