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The Bowery, looking south from East 4th Street
The Bowery, looking south from East 4th Street

The Bowery (IPA: /ˈbaʊɚi/ or /ˈbaʊri/) is the name of a street and a small neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The neighborhood's boundaries are East 4th Street and the East Village to the north, Canal Street and Chinatown to the South, Allen Street and the Lower East Side to the east and Bowery (the street) and Little Italy to the west (citidex.com 2006) (Fodor's 1991). As a street, the Bowery was known as Bowery Lane prior to 1807 (Brown, 1922) and was the road leading to Peter Stuyvesant's farm or bouwerij. Today it runs from Chatham Square in the south to Cooper Square in the north. Bowery may refer to: Bowery (Manhattan), an area of and street in New York City Bowery Amphitheatre, a building in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City Bowery Ballroom, a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City Bowery Theatre, a playhouse in the Bowery neighborhood of New... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... West 4th St. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Looking south from 6th Street down Second Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the East Village. ... New York Citys main Chinatown meets Little Italy at Canal Street. ... A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ... Allen Street is a street which runs north-south through the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Chinatown. ... L.E.S. redirects here. ... Food vendors line the streets of Little Italy. ... Pieter Stuyvesant is also the name of a Dutch cigarette brand from Imperial Tobacco. ... Statue of Lin Tse-hsu Chatham Square or Kimlau Square in Manhattan is on the southern side of Chinatown, at the confluence of seven streets, Bowery, East Broadway, St. ... Cooper Square is a junction of streets in Manhattan, New York City. ...

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History

The Bowery, looking north, around 1910
The Bowery, looking north, around 1910

Bouwerij was the old Dutch word for farm, (today boerderij). Stuyvesant retired to his farm in 1667. After his death in 1672, he was buried in his private chapel. His mansion burned down in 1778 and his great-grandson sold the remaining chapel and graveyard, now the site of the Episcopal church of St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (Fodor's 2004). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 513 pixelsFull resolution (1088 × 698 pixel, file size: 207 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Postcard from around 1910. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 513 pixelsFull resolution (1088 × 698 pixel, file size: 207 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Postcard from around 1910. ... St Marks Church in-the-Bowery Exterior detail of painted pediment (HABS photo) St. ...


The Bull's Head Tavern is noted for George Washington having stopped there to refresh himself before riding down to the waterfront to witness the departure of British troops in 1783. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ...


By the end of the 18th century the Bowery became New York's most elegant street, lined with fashionable shops and the mansions of prosperous residents. [citation needed]Lorenzo Da Ponte, the Librettist for Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, and Cosi Fan Tutte, ran one of the shops - a fruit and vegetable store - after he emigrated to New York City in 1806. But by the time of the Civil War, the mansions and shops had given way to brothels, beer gardens, and flophouses, like the one at #15 in which the composer Stephen Foster lived in 1864[1]. It had also become the turf of one of America's earliest street gangs, the nativist Bowery Boys. One notable religious and social welfare institution during this period was The Bowery Mission or more formally The Bowery Mission and Young Mens' Home, which began in 1880 at 36 Bowery when it was founded by Rev. Albert Gleason Ruliffson. The mission had relocated along the Bowery throughout its lifetime. From 1909 to the present, the mission has remained at 227-229 Bowery. Lorenzo da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte (March 10, 1749–August 17, 1838) was an Italian librettist born in Ceneda (now Vittorio Veneto). ... Libretto can also refer to a sub-notebook PC manufactured by Toshiba. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... Don Giovanni (K.527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punishd, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Le Nozze di Figaro, is a comic opera composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Beaumarchais. ... Così fan tutte is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ... A typical beer garden in Munich A beer garden is an open-air area where alcohol is legally served. ... A flophouse or dosshouse is a place that offers very cheap lodging, generally by providing only minimal services. ... For other persons named Stephen Foster, see Stephen Foster (disambiguation). ... The Bowery Boys were an anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic gang based North of the Five Points district of New York City. ...


Post-Depression and Revival

Luxury lofts are replacing soup kitchens
Luxury lofts are replacing soup kitchens

Home of many music halls in the 19th century, the Bowery later became notable for its economic depression. In the 1920s and 1930s, it was regarded as an impoverished area. The "Dead End Kids" (aka the "Bowery Boys") of film were from the Bowery. In the 1940s through the 1970s, the Bowery was New York City's "Skid Row," notable for "Bowery Bums" (alcoholics and homeless persons). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (480 × 640 pixel, file size: 57 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (480 × 640 pixel, file size: 57 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... The Dead End Kids were five young actors and one ex-plumbers assistant, from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsleys play Dead End in 1935 on Broadway. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The term skid row or skid road is used to refer to a run-down or dilapidated urban area. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ...


In the 1960s and 1970s, the Bowery was viewed as a high-crime, low-rent area. However, since the 1990s the entire Lower East Side has been reviving. As of July 2005, gentrification is contributing to ongoing change along the Bowery. In particular, the number of high-rise condominiums is growing. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... High-rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. ... This article refers to a form of housing. ...

Avalon Bowery Place, one of several new luxury developments on the Bowery.
Avalon Bowery Place, one of several new luxury developments on the Bowery.

In 2006, AvalonBay Communities opened its first luxury apartment complex on the Bowery. Avalon Bowery Place was quickly followed with the development of Avalon Bowery Place II in 2007. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ...


Michael Dominic's documentary film Sunshine Hotel (2001) follows the lives of the denizens of one of the few remaining Bowery flophouses. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... A flophouse or dosshouse is a place that offers very cheap lodging, generally by providing only minimal services. ...


In 1985, a book of photographs of the entire Bowery by Carin Drechsler-Marx, a German photographer, was published in German title: BOWERY.



Major streets that intersect the Bowery include Canal Street, Delancey Street, Houston Street, and Bleecker Street. A New York City Subway station named Bowery on the BMT Nassau Street Line (J, M, and Z services) is located at the Bowery's intersection with Delancey Street. New York Citys main Chinatown meets Little Italy at Canal Street. ... Delancey Street at Bowery Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattans Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn. ... Houston Street looking east, from The Bowery Houston Street looking west, from The Bowery Houston Street (pronounced ) is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown New York City. ... Bleecker Street looking west from The Bowery. ... Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority , an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. ... Bowery is a station on the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway. ... The Nassau Street Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ...


CBGB

CBGB, a club initially opened to play country, bluegrass & blues (as the name CBGB stands for), began to book Television, Patti Smith, and the Ramones as house bands in the mid-1970s. This spawned a full-blown scene of new bands (Talking Heads, Blondie, edgy R&B-influenced Mink DeVille, rockabilly revivalist Robert Gordon, and others) performing mostly original material in a mostly raw and often loud and fast attack. The label of punk rock was applied to the scene even if not all the bands that made their early reputations at the club were punk rockers, strictly speaking, but CBGB became known as the American cradle of punk rock as a result and brought a new national fame to the Bowery. CBGB closed on October 31, 2006, after a long battle by club owner Hilly Kristal to extend its lease. Fittingly, Patti Smith—the first of the CBGB-supported performers to sign a major recording contract three decades earlier—played the club's final show on October 15. CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Talking Heads were an American rock band existing between 1974 and 1991, composed of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. ... Blondie is the name of an American rock band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Willy DeVille on his 2001 album Horse of a Different Color Willy DeVille, singer and songwriter, was born William Borsay in Stamford, Connecticut on August 25, 1950. ... For other uses, see Robert Gordon (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hilly Kristal (September 23, 1931 – August 28, 2007) was a club owner and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club, CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...


Bowery Poetry Club

Bowery Poetry Club

The Bowery Poetry Club is a New York City poetry performance space. Located at Bowery and Bleecker Street in Lower Manhattan, the BPC provides a home base for established and upcoming artists. It was founded by Bob Holman, owner of the building and former Nuyorican Poets Cafe Poetry Slam MC (1988-1996). The BPC features regular shows by Amiri Baraka, Anne Waldman, Jim Carroll, along with open mic, queer poets, a weekly poetry slam, and an Emily Dickinson Marathon, amongst other events. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Bob Holman Bob Holman is a poet and poetry activist in the United States. ... The Nuyorican Poets Cafe is a New York City performance venue, best known for slam poetry, but also presenting theater, stand-up comedy, Latin jazz, hip-hop performance, and screenplay readings, the café is a non-profit organization. ... Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones on October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. ... Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. ... Jim Carroll Seattle, WA (September 2000) Photo by Eric Thompson Jim Carroll (born August 1, 1950 in New York City) is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. ... The word queer has traditionally meant strange or unusual, but it is also currently often used in reference to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and asexual communities. ... Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. ...

Famous residents

Among other famous residents,Quentin Crisp, lived on Second Ave., near the Bowery for the last two decades of his life. Bela Bartok lived in 350 Bowery at the corner of Great Jones St. during the 1940's. The artist, Cy Twombly, lived on the 3rd floor of 356 Bowery during the '60's. The professional wrestler Raven is also introduced as a resident of the Bowery, though in reality, he was born in New Jersey and resides in Georgia. Quentin Crisp (December 25, 1908) – November 21, 1999), was an English writer, artists model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. ... Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8, 1964) better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler. ... “NJ” redirects here. ...


New York School poet Ted Berrigan mentions the Bowery several times in his seminal work, "The Sonnets." The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... Ted Berrigan (15 November 1934 - 4 July 1983) was an American poet. ...


The Bowery is also the setting for Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (published in 1893), about a poor Irish family living in the neighborhood, and of Siri Hustvedt's novel, What I Loved (2003), about the friendship and lives of an artist and an art historian. For the U.S. Continental Congress delegate, see Stephen Crane (delegate). ... Siri Hustvedt is a writer, born February 19th 1955 in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. ...


Punk singer Joey Ramone resided around here, and in 2003, a part of Second Street at the intersection Bowery and Bleecker Street was renamed Joey Ramone Place.[2][3] Bleecker Street looking west from The Bowery. ...


References in pop culture

  • Mentioned in the Jim Croce song Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972) -- "Uptown's got its hustlers/The Bowery's got its bums/42nd Street got big Jim Walker"
  • Professional Wrestler Scott Levy, who wrestles under the name Raven, is annouced as being from The Bowery during his ring entrance.
  • English pop band Saint Etienne makes a reference to The Bowery and perhaps even Jim Croce's "Don't Mess Around with Jim" in their song "Erica America" on their 1998 album Good Humor. The lyrics are "Hang around by the stadium/Drinking wine like a Bowery bum"

Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8, 1964) better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler. ... Saint Etienne may mean: Saint Etienne, a UK band Saint- tienne, a commune of France AS Saint- tienne, a football (soccer) team This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973), popularly known as Jim Croce (pronounced CRO-chee), was an American singer-songwriter. ... Good Humor is an American brand of ice cream once sold from the back of refrigerated ice cream trucks with bells to announce their presence. ...

Sources

  • Fodor's flashmaps New York, 1991
  • Fodor's See It New York City, 2004, [ISBN 1-4000-1387-9]
  • Valentine's Manual of Old New York / No. 7, Ed. Henry Collins Brown, Pub. Valentine's Manual Inc. 1922

References

  1. ^ "The Street Book"; an encyclopedia of Manhattan's street names and their origins. By Henry Moscow.
  2. ^ "He Had the Beat -- and Now Has a Street", The Washington Post, December 7, 2003. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Now there is Joey Ramone Place.... The sign bearing Ramone's name recently went up on the corner of East Second Street and the Bowery, near CBGB, the group's musical home."
  3. ^ Gamboa, Glenn. "THE FOLD: BATTLE OVER PUNK BIRTHPLACE - Rock & rent, Newsday, August 10, 2005. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Reminders of the bands who have passed through CBGB remain all around the club, from the corner of the Bowery and 2nd Street - now renamed Joey Ramone Place - to the countless band names scrawled on the bathroom walls."

The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ... is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Newsday is a daily tabloid-size newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the New York City metropolitan area. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

External links

  • New York Songlines: 4th Avenue
  • Dave Ranney, or Thirty Years on the Bowery - autobiography of a Bowery dweller, published in 1910, from Project Gutenberg
  • The Bowery at forgotten-ny.com - images, descriptions, and history
  • Bowery Storefronts - photographs of Bowery stores and buildings.
  • Avalon Bowery Place


Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive and distribute cultural works. ...

Greenwich Village

NoLIta The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...


TriBeCa Hudson Street in TriBeCa. ...

Gramercy

The Bowery Gramercy, also called Gramercy Park, is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, focused around Gramercy Park, a private park between East 20th and 21st Streets. ...


Chinatown A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ...

Alphabet City

Lower East Side Alphabet City, formerly considered a slum, is now a trendy part of the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... L.E.S. redirects here. ...


Coop Village View of Grand Street showing 26 years of cooperative development: Amalgamated Dwellings (1930) in the foreground with two of the Hillman Housing buildings (1947-50) behind it. ...



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