“The Village has always had dive bars that attract locals and
luminaries. But The Golden Swan, on the corner of Sixth Avenue and West
Fourth Street, might have been the first—and the most notorious in its
day. Inside this Irish tavern dating back to at least the 1870s,
writers, artists, activists, and assorted Village characters of the
1910s gathered to drink. (National prohibition was looming, after all.)
While the front of the tavern may have catered to locals and Hudson Dusters gangsters, bohemians made the back room—aka, the Hell Hole—their own. Charles Demuth was a fan of the Swan. ...”
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