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The White Horse Tavern, located in New York City
New York City

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's borough of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 at Hudson Street
Hudson Street (Manhattan)

File:NYMEX Hudson jeh.JPGHudson Street is a north/south oriented street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Running from TriBeCa to Greenwich Village, Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet at Abingdon Square , at the street's intersection with Eighth Avenue and Bleecker Street ....
 and 11th Street, is known for its 1950s and '60s
1960s

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 Bohemian
Bohemian

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 culture. It is one of the few major gathering-places for writers and artists from this period in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village

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 that remains open. The bar
Bar (establishment)

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 opened in 1880, but was known more as a longshoremen's bar than a literary center until Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh people poet who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself....
 and other writers began frequenting it in the early 1950s.






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The White Horse Tavern, located in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
's borough of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 at Hudson Street
Hudson Street (Manhattan)

File:NYMEX Hudson jeh.JPGHudson Street is a north/south oriented street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Running from TriBeCa to Greenwich Village, Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet at Abingdon Square , at the street's intersection with Eighth Avenue and Bleecker Street ....
 and 11th Street, is known for its 1950s and '60s
1960s

The 1960s list of decades were the years from the start of 1960 to the end of 1969. The term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends in the west, particularly United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Spain, Italy, and Ger...
 Bohemian
Bohemian

Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic....
 culture. It is one of the few major gathering-places for writers and artists from this period in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village , often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the lower west side of southern Manhattan in New York City....
 that remains open. The bar
Bar (establishment)

A bar is a business that serves drinks, especially alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, and mixed drinks, for consumption on the premises....
 opened in 1880, but was known more as a longshoremen's bar than a literary center until Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh people poet who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself....
 and other writers began frequenting it in the early 1950s. Due to its literary fame, in the past few decades the White Horse has become a popular destination among tourists.

The White Horse is perhaps most famous as the place where Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh people poet who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself....
 drank, before returning home and eventually becoming ill and dying a few days later of unrelated causes. Other famous patrons include The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers

The Clancy Brothers were an Ireland folk music singing group, most popular in the 1960s, who are often credited with popularizing Folk music of Ireland in the United States....
 (who also performed at the establishment), Bob Dylan, Mary Travers
Mary Travers (singer)

Mary Allin Travers is a member of the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey. Together, they formed one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s....
, Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison

James Douglas Morrison was an United States singer, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic Lead singers in rock music history....
, Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer

Norman Kingsley Mailer was an United States novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and film director.Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S....
, James Baldwin
James Baldwin (writer)

James Arthur Baldwin was an United States novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist.Most of Baldwin's work deals with racism and human sexuality issues in the mid-20th century in the United States....
, Seymour Krim
Seymour Krim

'Seymour Krim' was an USA author, editing and literary critic. He is often categorized with the writers of the Beat Generation. Krim was a respected essayist, and wrote a number of books including Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer , Shake It For The World, Smartass , The Beats , Manhattan: Stories of a Great City , Maugham t...
, Richard Fariņa
Richard Fariņa

Richard George Fari?a was an United States writer and folksinger. He was a figure in both the counterculture scene of the early- to mid-sixties as well as the budding folk rock scene of the same era....
, Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs

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, and Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an United States journalist and author, most famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of journalism where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories....
.

The White Horse's other famous patrons included Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac was an American author, poet and Painting. Alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, he is considered a pioneer of the Beat Generation....
, who was bounced from the establishment more than once. Because of this someone scrawled on the bathroom wall: "JACK GO HOME!" At that time, Kerouac was staying in an apartment in the building located on the NW corner of West 11th St.

About the same time, the White Horse was a gathering place for labor members and organizers, socialist, and liberals. The Catholic Workers
Catholic Worker Movement

The Catholic Worker Movement is a collection of autonomous communities of Catholics founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933. Its aim is to "live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ." One of its guiding principles is hospitality towards those on the margin of society....
 hung out here and the idea for the now famous Village Voice was discussed here. The Village Voice original offices were within blocks of the White Horse. Much of the content was discussed here by the editors.

One of the first interviews related to 9/11 was recorded here by NPR, since many from the World Trade Center
World trade center

The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970, is a not-for-profit, non-political association dedicated to the establishment and effective operation of World Trade Centers as instruments for trade expansion representing 316 members in 91 countries....
 area made their way to this part of Manhattan.

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  • from New York Magazine