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"You're in Greenwich Village. Which means you're standing in the one neighborhood in Manhattan that looked at the city's famous grid system — the perfectly numbered streets, the right angles, the order — and said, no thanks. We're keeping the cow paths. This is where Marcel Duchamp broke into a public monument at midnight and declared an independent republic."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

Hear the full story at Introduction

This is just one of 10 stops on the Bodies, Bohemians & Basement Bars tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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