It’s often supposed that the buildings in the background behind the diner include 70 Greenwich Avenue, located at the southeast corner of the intersection with 11th Street and that therefore the Nighthawks diner once stood on the triangular piece of land just south of it between Greenwich Avenue and 7th Avenue South. The iconic image of lonely late-night denizens of a corner diner poignantly captures the sense of isolation and detachment Hopper highlighted in urban life. Perhaps the painting most strongly associated with Hopper is 1942’s Nighthawks. ![]() And fittingly the space is now occupied by one of the Village’s most treasured but frequently endangered institutions, the independently-owned bookstore –in this case, the beloved Three Lives. Not only the building but the slender cast-iron column raised above the ground, still remain. While Hopper never revealed what building he based this painting upon, considerable evidence points to 154 West 10th Street/184 Waverly Place as the likely inspiration. The image captures a solitary pharmacy whose light emanates in the darkness of evening on a shadowed corner. ![]() Current street view of 154 West 10th StreetĪnother beloved Hopper painting is Drug Store (1927).
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