Greenwich Village & its environs have been a heart of artistic innovation in NYC for centuries. New York University has planted its purple flags around Washington Square Park since 1832, and in the past two centuries, the neighborhood that now holds NYU Skirball have seen a shifting landscape of scenes, trends, and epicenters – from bars, to stages, to bookstores.
With this ongoing series, NYU Skirball honors and highlights the robust history of the arts in Downtown Manhattan (East and West Village, SoHo, and the Lower East Side neighborhoods), as well as the contributions and continuing work of local artists and scholars to NYU Skirball’s mission and intellectual community.
Why Downtown?
If you ask us, anywhere north of 14th Street is “uptown” – but Downtown is more of a sensibility than a location. What’s Downtown? – and when’s Downtown?
NYU Skirball carries the tradition of bringing cutting-edge work to Downtown audiences. Learn more about the vibrant histories that have made so much of the work on our stage possible.