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Paradise alley and Masefield era memories in Greenwich Village
A fragment of nostalgic musings recalls John Masefield’s Greenwich Village days, Patchin Place, and the boss’s baby as the poet tended bar and sang in a queer backwater. The piece shifts to war era matters with submarine lookouts, beer shortages in Germany, and a humorous 1627 anecdote about George Pipwhistle’s cash-and-craft purchases.
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Paradise Alley
Greenwich Village
Sixth Avenue
Jefferson Market Jall
Eleventh Street
New York Mall
Patchin Place
John Masefield
New York Town
John Mansefield
Joby Masefield
Boss
Masefield
Germany
Berlin
London
New York Times
Bavaria
George Pipwhistle