“Slumming parties to be the rage this winter.“ New York Times, 1884 In the 1880s, the gilded shine of Fifth Avenue’s spectacular mansions contrasted sharply with the squalid living conditions of the New York poor, easily described as “slums.” Such was the difference between these two worlds that visiting the impoverished neighborhoods by the wealthy…
Category: Chinatown
A Remarkable History of the Bowery
Few streets in the world can boast such a colorful history as the Bowery — Manhattan’s oldest thoroughfare. Physically it runs through historic neighborhoods of Little Italy, Chinatown, East Village, and Lower East Side; metaphorically, it goes through each and every period of New York’s complicated history. The Bowery was once a Native American trail…
Sights and Tastes of Chinatown
THE EDWARD MOONEY HOUSE 18 Bowery Street Located in the middle of Chinatown, the oldest surviving row house in New York is much older than Chinatown. It was built sometime soon after the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, but before 1789, the year George Washington was inaugurated as the first American President. The…
Chinatown Story
Manhattan’s Chinatown is exotic, tasty, bustling, inviting, and above all, truly authentic. New York City is the home to several Chinatown neighborhoods, which collectively contain the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia. Centered around Canal Street, Chinatown is a maze of crooked streets that were here before Manhattan was laid out in a grid….
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