tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post1971369205328712242..comments2024-03-28T05:18:25.792-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Pompeo Coppini Studio - 210 West 14th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-15541796376948943342023-12-12T13:16:26.927-08:002023-12-12T13:16:26.927-08:00Thank you Nancy Cooper for your invaluable recolle...Thank you Nancy Cooper for your invaluable recollection of W. 14th Street! I now live a block to the East. See also, https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/marcel-duchamp-west-14th-street/ and Monique Fong's comment on https://www.villagepreservation.org/2016/04/12/happy-belated-birthday-max-ernst/missprismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10207144740163390576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-10462153959242477762020-06-15T13:32:04.026-07:002020-06-15T13:32:04.026-07:00I grew up at 210 West 14th Street. I lived there ...I grew up at 210 West 14th Street. I lived there from 1945 to 1963. At one time, in the early 20th century, an evangelical church, the Nazarene Church occupied the ground floor and the "office" floor. When I was growing up, McIntyre's Bar was on the ground floor, Eunice and John's Beauty Parlor was one flight up with a three room apartment in the rear. On the next floor lived artists Alfred and Gertrude Levitt and their room mate Margaret Sutton. And my family, the Thompsons, lived on the third floor.The top floor was artist studios including Marcel Duchamp's. someone named Froelich (sp.?) and maybe someone named Smith. In those years the building was owned by Coppini though I only saw his wife and she spoke little English, and it was managed by two brothers named Bobbi or Bobi. At that time, Casa Moneo was at its original location, a few doors to the west at 218 West 14th Street with a Spanish restaurant above called La Bilbaina. In later years, 210 became the second site of Casa Moneo, a store specializing in Spanish groceries and other things Latino. Pompeo Coppini had an enormous glass roofed studio in the backyard with marble sculptures that were too big to be removed...Later the building was owned by Joseph Torch who had an art supply store on 14th between 6th and 7th Avenues, north side. 210 was kind of considered Duchamp's hideout. He had several other places in New York as well as in Paris. He always wore a hat and tie and tipped his hat at me, the little girl downstairs and said "good morning" in the evening. And "good evening" in the morning. The building was in disrepair. My parents' floor through apartment was $47 a month when they left in early 1963. My mother took Torch to court due to the lack of repairs and our rent was lowered from around $60 to $47. The bar was a dive bar before there were dive bars -- mostly older working class men with drinking problems. Nancy Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03911058604792276408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-75989393644922401602020-06-15T11:02:22.767-07:002020-06-15T11:02:22.767-07:00What a fascinating piece of research. Thank you. ...What a fascinating piece of research. Thank you. I loved Casa Moneo. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663823314240511669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-81585335732475664962020-03-28T08:39:18.951-07:002020-03-28T08:39:18.951-07:00Google street view shows that, as of June 2019 the...Google street view shows that, as of June 2019 the brick on 210 West 14th Street is painted dark green with the sculpture and door yellow and red, respectfully. So the front of this building is in a cycle of slathering new paint over old, slowly filling in details. I understand the current owner not appreciating what they have; but what was the first owner who painted over it thinking?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381265307497353021noreply@blogger.com