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69. I used to live in Greenwich Village many years ago...my son lives on the Lower East Side

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No Exit: “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper. [View all] CTyankee Feb 2015 OP

I have a "Nighthawks" print hanging in my home. I love his urban nightime paintings. virgogal Feb 2015 #1

What a great pair of paintings, my dear CTyankee! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #2

Isn't this a classic? It's quite a statement of its time... CTyankee Feb 2015 #4

Very much is said with very little in both paintings. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #3

Actually, you don't need Gale Levin to point out the similarities with the Van Gogh... CTyankee Feb 2015 #5

Google nighthawks hard candy only if you want to forever ruin innocent associations w that painting. proverbialwisdom Feb 2015 #6

tell me about it... CTyankee Feb 2015 #8

I love reading interpretations of "Nighthawks". Aristus Feb 2015 #7

sometimes a cash register is just a cash register...but come to think about it, CTyankee Feb 2015 #9

One of my favorites, I have to visit it whenever Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #10

Yep, I think that is how I got the Carol Troyen quote...she's the curator at the MFA. CTyankee Feb 2015 #11

Whenever I see any work in person Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #14

I travel to Europe specifically to see great works of art "in situ." Like you, I am CTyankee Feb 2015 #20

My spouse (the art person here) is always setting off Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #26

It's kind of addictive...you want to know more but those mean guards won't let you... CTyankee Feb 2015 #27

I added another detail to the post... CTyankee Feb 2015 #12

One correction edhopper Feb 2015 #13

Yup. I don't know where I got "Greenwich St." from... CTyankee Feb 2015 #21

I lived right near there when I lived in NYC. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #34

I lived on the corner of Hudson and Barrow streets... CTyankee Mar 2015 #35

What a great neighborhood it used to be! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #47

Yes, it sure is. Back when I livedin NY in the 60s it was the WEst Village...the LES CTyankee Mar 2015 #49

Great reference to the Auden poem, and a later passage makes it even petronius Feb 2015 #15

OK, you've got me on the bouquet reference... CTyankee Feb 2015 #16

In the second window from the upper left - I'm not sure, but that's what I'm guessing petronius Feb 2015 #22

I checked it out and could see a bouquet lying on its side...but it took a bright light CTyankee Feb 2015 #23

I tried to convince myself it was a face peering out the window, but petronius Feb 2015 #28

My take is that it is very late at night. It would make sense that the coffee is CTyankee Mar 2015 #32

I like this line: yellowwoodII Mar 2015 #36

not sure it was evil, but certainly short-sighted and a mistake... CTyankee Mar 2015 #38

For me, this painting illustrates solemn resilience. blogslut Feb 2015 #17

I love the two big coffee urns freighted with caffeine...AND the silver shine CTyankee Feb 2015 #19

*paging Heidi* and all the Nighthawks of yore*. Thank you CTyankee !! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #18

!!!!! Heidi Mar 2015 #31

those were good times. very good times. yes, indeed Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #42

Nice to see you, Heidi! bettyellen Mar 2015 #52

Hi, you!!!! Heidi Mar 2015 #56

Always super to see you! Hope you guys make it to ths side of the pond sooner... bettyellen Mar 2015 #58

"That 70s Show" and "The Simpson's" did great takeoffs of "Nighthawks". It's an icon. nt Bigmack Feb 2015 #24

sorta like Marcel Duchamps putting a mustache on the Mona Lisa...only without the CTyankee Feb 2015 #25

A homage is a homage flying rabbit Mar 2015 #29

Has anyone seen the ins. co. ad that's clearly designed like Nighthawks? nolabear Mar 2015 #30

I just googled it... CTyankee Mar 2015 #33

And then you have our own version sakabatou Mar 2015 #37

Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks was once yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #39

was it part of a show on Hopper's works? CTyankee Mar 2015 #40

don't quite remember yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #41

this is the same street i think Mosby Mar 2015 #43

OK, did a quick research on this. It is Early Sunday Morning and he originally CTyankee Mar 2015 #44

interesting, thx. nt Mosby Mar 2015 #45

Great stuff from the library on Hopper. LOTS written on him. CTyankee Mar 2015 #50

I see alot of Chirico in Hopper frankfacts Mar 2015 #46

Room in Brooklyn Tsiyu Mar 2015 #48

It's the time frame of the painting. He DID paint it when people in this country were on CTyankee Mar 2015 #51

That's the awesome thing about a painting or a poem Tsiyu Mar 2015 #53

thank you. it's my pleasure... CTyankee Mar 2015 #54

K and R cwydro Mar 2015 #55

A video I made of Nighthawks by Joyce Carol Oates Generic Other Mar 2015 #57

So is this a poem by Oates? That's interesting... CTyankee Mar 2015 #59

I love the feeling of a mash-up collaboration Generic Other Mar 2015 #60

Yes, I LOVE your take...a mash-up...Just an observation if you will indulge me further... CTyankee Mar 2015 #61

I see people collecting photos on Pinterest Generic Other Mar 2015 #62

Could you explain further what you mean by Second Life avatar? I'm afraid I don't have CTyankee Mar 2015 #63

Second Life is where I film machinima Generic Other Mar 2015 #64

So it is film machinima as I understand it... CTyankee Mar 2015 #65

Good essay edhopper Jun 2015 #66

thanks...it's really a haunting scene... CTyankee Jun 2015 #67

In real life edhopper Jun 2015 #68

I used to live in Greenwich Village many years ago...my son lives on the Lower East Side CTyankee Jun 2015 #69

So you lived in edhopper Jun 2015 #70

well, I consider Hopperland a bit contorted, don't you? CTyankee Jun 2015 #71

Yes edhopper Jun 2015 #72