It's the Brian Lairn show on WNYC.

Welcome back, everybody.

I'm Matt Katz, and I'm filling in for Brian today.

Next on today's show is our segment of 100 years of 100 things.

Brian's been doing this all year and we're now at number 82, 100 years of Greenwich Village,

one of New York's most storied neighborhoods. Greenwich Village has been a center of bohemian life

over the course of various

eras, decades, and generations. It has housed America's greatest artists. It has had broad,

global cultural impact. And to help us look back on the last 100 years of Greenwich Village is

John Strasba, a journalist and the author of the 2013 book,

The Village, 400 years of Beats, Bohemians, Radicals, and Rogues.

He joins the show now to look back on the last century of Greenwich Village.

Hey there, John.

Hey, Matt.

How are you?

Doing great.

So glad to have you with us.

And listeners, do you have a personal story from Greenwich Village from maybe a different era that you want to share? Do you have a question about its history for John? Give us a call or text at 212-433 W-NYC. That's 212-433-9692. So, John, as I read your book, 100 years ago, that's approximately 1925,

the biggest issue, the biggest flashpoint, the biggest tension in Greenwich Village seem to be

basically gentrification. How about that, right? I mean, you wrote that landlords.

It is amazing. You wrote that landlords and developers were luring professionals and office workers to Greenwich Village,

people who like the idea of living near artists and bohemians, but who also effectively drove out the actual artists.

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