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…
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Five Points
Five Points, the neighborhood once so foul that it had to be erased from the face of Manhattan, and the streets that formed these five points — re-arranged. As the name suggests, the neighborhood was centered around the five-pointed intersection created by Orange Street (now Baxter Street), Cross Street (now Mosco Street), and Anthony Street…
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