After the shipping industry left Coenties Slip in Manhattan, some of the biggest names in American art moved in

… seven young artists who lived on Manhattans Coenties Slip a tiny block on the East River with a view of the Brooklyn … the artists living among the sailors the card sharks the homeless and the canal boaters When Youngerman told me about … unknown destination The slips hosted so many itinerant communitiesthe sailors on shore leave whod stay at the …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 7, 2023 - 2:30PM