The Bowery is a stretch of of street between Chinatown and Astor Place with a very colorful history from it's origin as a Lenape footpath, being a home for farms and freed slaves to times of sordid amusements, prostitution, numerous nightclubs and gambling. In the 1970s the famous CBGB rock club opened up, bringing a cool punk rock to the street. In the late 1970s into the 1990s many famous artists, poets and rock stars lived along the Bowery. Currently the area is going through major socioeconomic and architectural changes; many of the centuries-old buildings have been demolished to make way for glitzy nightclubs, cutting edge art galleries, hotels condos, bars and the dynamic New Museum for Contemporary Art.
Bowery & East Village map
Bowery . photo: Jonas
Water Tower . photo: Kjell
graffiti art on Bowery . photo: Alexandra Knospe
little pavement bird . photo: Alexandra Knospe
Astor Place Tower reflections . photo: Kjell
Alamo sculpture @ Astor Place . photo: Alexandra Knospe
East Village . Astor Place . photo: Jade Doskow
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