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The Mews are an entire street of converted stables, just above Washington Square North.
Though the Mews are currently an official landmark and have been since the late sixties, making further changes to their appearance are prohibited, they have endured many new constructions and many different landowners since they first cast off the role of functioning mews. It is through a close examination of these changes in the structures of the Washington Mews, that we can see changes in the people who made their homes here, how they affected the Mews and made it a neighborhood unto itself.
Helpful sources on the topic of the Greenwich Mews:
Geismar, Joan H. The Village Underground: The Archeology of the Greenwich Mews (New York: GPO), 68-71.
Landmarks Preservation Commission, Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report (New York: GPO, 1969), 16.
Tags: Greenwich Mews, Greenwich Village, History, Mews, Stables
