Walking Tour
Download a podcast and explore John Sloan's New York for yourself. Visit his former homes and favorite bars. See the sites he painted and learn about the city as he knew it. Heather Campbell Coyle, cocurator of Seeing the City: Sloan's New York, takes you on walking tours of Sloan's neighborhoods in Chelsea and Greenwich Village. For more information, read the podcast instructions, below.
Chelsea
Months after arriving in New York in 1904, Sloan settled in Chelsea. He lived there until 1912, and returned in 1935.
Greenwich Village
In 1912, Sloan moved to the Village, becoming part of a bohemian community of artists, writers, and radicals. He remained in there until 1935.
Podcast Instructions
Click the iTunes button to open iTunes and automatically subscribe to the Architectural Walking Tour podcast. The next time you synchronize your iPod or open iTunes, the podcast will automatically be loaded. Note that when you click on the button a warning may appear saying, "An external application must be launched." This is just your browser launching the iTunes application. Choose "Launch Application" and iTunes will then start running. This will not harm your computer in any way. If you do not have iTunes, you can download it for free here.
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Download Individual Files
You can download the audio files one at a time using the links below.
Chelsea
Greenwich Village
- Fourth Street and Cornelia Street
- Golden Swan Gardens
- Sixth Avenue
- Carmine Theatre
- Sloan's home from 1913 to 1915
- Sloan's first apartment in the Village
- Regenshi's
- The Pirate's Den
- Romany Marie's Tavern
- Jefferson Market
- Shinn's Studio
- MacDougal Alley
- Original Whitney Museum
- Brevoort Hotel and One Fifth Avenue
- Lafayette Hotel
- Astor Library
- McSorley's Bar
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
- Washington Square South
- The Oasis of Washington Square
- Judson Memorial Church and Sloan's last home and studio in the Village
- Washington Square