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 site devoted to the writer John Cooper Powys. The writers John Cooper Powys, Llewelyn Powys, and Alyse Gregory--early Dial editor--lived for a time in the building.)

Berenice Abbott photos (1936, 1937) of Patchin Place and Jefferson Market (Museum of the City of New York) [In the first photo, two men are sitting on the sidewalk steps in front of 4 Patchin. For a sharper versions of this 1936 photo, see the NYPL Flickr stream, and/or the NYPL Digital Gallery. Could the man without a hat be Cummings?]

Forgotten Alleys of Greenwich Village:  (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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