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The backside of the map is imprinted with various information about the restaurant and folds with a section that forms a pamphlet cover to the map overall. It is titled \u201cA colorful informative map of New York\u2019s Greenwich Village. Your introduction to the Left Bank of America , the most colorful part of the world\u2019s biggest city.\u201d \u00a0Also appearing on the backside is an advertisement for the restaurant\u2019s \u201cAll You Can Eat\u201d specials, and an article from the New York Daily News<\/strong> giving the history of the restaurant from its original opening in 1868. The backside also has an extensive promotional text, extolling the virtues of visiting Greenwich Village:<\/p>\n

Picturesque Greenwich village \u2013 where the quaint rubs shoulders with the avant-garde … where bearded poets still sip wine at the sidewalk cafe … and artists turn a city park into an open air gallery with music.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see much to amaze, astonish and delight you in \u201cthe Village.\u201d There are vigorous plays in exciting off-Broadway theatres … antique stores with finds … arts and crafts shops where tomorrow\u2019s biggest names make and sell ultra modern art, gifts, jewelry, furniture.<\/p>\n

There are historical buildings like the one where Tom Paine wrote \u201cthe summer soldier and the sunshine patriot\u201d — words that still ring in your ears … And of course, there\u2019s the oldest Village landmark with its miniature Eiffel Tower \u2013 Albert’s French Restaurant, 42 E. 11th St., corner of University Place. Albert\u2019s features a gay summertime sidewalk cafe … an attractive year-round art exhibit … and a unique \u2018all you can eat\u2019 policy … so important to the hungry bohemians of Greenwich Village, so satisfying to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Albert French Restaurant was owned at the time of the issue of the map by the famous New York restaurateur Joseph Brody, a shameless promoter who declared himself a genius-in-residence.\u201d The tour of Greenwich Village emanating from outside the restaurant apparently was a major distribution place for the offered map brochure, and has been described as follows:<\/p>\n

Outside, customers could board the \u201cLoconik\u201d, a surrealist, Salvador Dal\u00ed-designed conveyance \u2013- a locomotive with a two-car train, later a converted school bus — to take a free guided tour of Greenwich Village. Like so much with the restaurant, these \u2018daily\u2019 tours ran — or not — at the whim of the proprietor. Publicity stunts came aplenty with Brody, such as the restaurant\u2019s annual poetry contest \u201cjudged by Broadway stars,\u201d and a green-bearded Santa Claus. Brody reputedly retained seven publicists to keep the restaurant\u2019s name \u2013- and his \u2013- in the press.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Condition: \u00a0Generally very good with the usual overall light toning, handling, wear, soft creases Printed on both sides, and folds as issued.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

\u201cRestaurant\u201d The Hotel Albert. http:\/\/thehotelalbert.com\/restaurant.html (14 February 2025).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York Public Library \/The Jefferson Market Courthouse \/ Library Archive, 1800’s \u2013 present.\u201d Google Docs. https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dorIvlSZR-j_UxHAZAIvofnAF9_ORCZ87B5ypc6xGzk\/edit?tab=t.0 (14 February 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M.M. Kilburn
\nA Map of Greenwich Village<\/strong>
\nAlbert French Restaurant, New York: c. 1958
\nColor-process print
\n11 x 14 inches unfolded<\/p>\n

Picturesque Greenwich village \u2013 where the quaint rubs shoulders with the avant-garde.<\/em><\/p>\n

A street grid map of Greenwich Village issued in about 1958 as an advertisement for the Albert French Restaurant, which is shown on the map with a logo of the Eiffel Tower at 11th Street and University Place, north of Washington Square. The decorative map border includes detailed and observant depictions of landmarks and sites to see in the Village including the 200-year-old elm at Northwest Washington Square; Washington Arch; Cherry Lane Theatre; and 8th Street Gallery. The ornate cartouche is flanked by an illustration of an artist on either side and decorated with various art materials such as an easel, a quill, and paint brushes. The map was issued as a promotion for the restaurant to be distributed to its patrons and also for tourists of the Village that met by the restaurant for a mobile tour. The map is printed in bold orange with black lettering and signed in the matrix by M.M. Kilburn, an illustration artist. As an ephemeral guide, extant examples of this map are apparently few.<\/p>\n

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