Site of the San Remo Café
Site of the San Remo Café (1925 - 1967)
In its post-war heyday, the San Remo was a meeting place for an unparalleled array of figures from the Beat movement, the New York School of poets and painters, and The Living Theater.
Regulars included Allen Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Miles Davis, Frank O’Hara, Judith Malina, Jackson Pollock, James Baldwin, and Gore Vidal, several of whom first met here. Many of them immortalized the San Remo in their writings. These literary and artistic icons became the voices of their generation, and their impact still resonates today.
Location: 93 MacDougal Street
Submitted by The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
- san remo café
- macdougal street
- greenwich village
- south village historic district
- nyc
- new york city
- allen ginsberg
- dylan thomas
- jack kerouac
- william s. burroughs
- miles davis
- frank o’hara
- judith malina
- jackson pollock
- james baldwin
- tennessee williams
- gore vidal
- james agee
- william styron
- john cage
- merce cunningham
- larry rivers
- the beat movement
- the new york school of poets and painters
- the living theater
- lgbtq artists and writers in the late 1940s and early 1950s
- 20th century greenwich village arts scene