New York Songlines: 7th Avenuewith Varick StreetW 65th | W 64th | W 63rd | W 62nd | W 61st | W 60th | W 59th | W 58th | W 57th | W 56th | W 55th | W 54th | W 53rd | W 52nd | W 51st | W 50th | W 49th | W 48th | W 47th | W 46th | W 45th | W 44th | W 43rd | W 42nd | W 41st | W 40th | W 39th | W 38th | W 37th | W 36th | W 35th | W 34th | W 33rd | W 32nd | W 31st | W 30th | W 29th | W 28th | W 27th | W 26th | W 25th | W 24th | W 23rd | W 22nd | W 21st | W 20th | W 19th | W 18th | W 17th | W 16th | W 15th | W 14th | W 13th | W 12th | Greenwich Ave | W 11th | Waverly Place | Perry | Charles | W 10th | W 4th | Christopher | Grove | Bleecker St | Barrow | Commerce | Bedford | Morton | Leroy St | Carmine | Downing | W Houston | King | Charlton | Vandam | Spring | Dominick | Broome | Watts | Grand | Canal | Vestry | Laight | Ericsson | N Moore | Franklin"Seventh Avenue" is used as a synonym for the fashion industry--e.g., when there's a fashion show at Bryant Park, it's called "Seventh on Sixth." Seventh Avenue has a Seventh Street South because a stretch was added connecting to Varick Street when the subway was built through Greenwich Village. Varick Street is named for Col. Richard Varick, a Revolutionary War officer who served as Benedict Arnold's aide at West Point. After Arnold defected to the British, General Washington showed his faith in Varick by putting him in charge of the Continental Army's records. Varick subsequently served as city recorder, speaker of the Assembly, attorney general and mayor of New York City from 1789-1801. He codified New York State's laws. |
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The boundary of Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea |
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On September 22, 1915, during construction of the IRT subway, 7th Avenue collapsed from
here to 23rd Street, killing 25 people.
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The boundary between the Village and Chelsea. |
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The extension of the Manhattan street grid through the old, independent
Greenwich Village grid is partly why Village geography is so confusing.
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The northern boundary of Tribeca |
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What am I missing on 7th Avenue? Write to Jim Naureckas and tell me about it. Sources for the Songlines. NYSonglines' Facebook Fan Page.
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