Lower East Side History

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Native New York (6/2) Migration, Villages, Language, Dress, Culture, Misc Articles	New Amsterdam (6/2) Early Exploration, Settlement, Crime & Punishment, Slavery, Misc Articles, Introduction and overview	Colonial New York (7/2) Takeover, Expansion, Industry, Culture, Crime & Punishment, Misc Articles, Introduction and overview
Post-Revolution (4/1) Culture, Architecture, Entertainment, Misc Articles	19th Century (8/9) Immigration, Tenement Life, Little Germany, Industry, Crime, Social Service, African-American, Misc Articles	20th Century (6/5) Immigration, Prohibition, Labor Unions, Arts & Entertainment, Crime, Misc Articles
Neighborhoods (7/6) East Village, Alphabet City, Two Bridges, Chinatown, Little Italy, Five Points, Misc Articles	Street by Street (6/47) 14th to Houston, Houston to Delancey, Delancey to Canal, Canal to Brooklyn Bridge, The Bowery, St. Marks Place	Personalities (7/8) Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Social Service, Spirituality, Crime, Business, Misc

140 E. 7th Street Street by Street/14th to Houston Author:David Bellel Actor and director Martin Ritt was living here in 1920. He directed and co-produced Norma Rae. Saturday, 07 November 2009 | 420 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

86 Ludlow Street Street by Street/Delancey to Canal Author:David Bellel Two years before he was born in 1902, Moe Berg's family was living at this address. Moe was a catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15... Saturday, 07 November 2009 | 360 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

202 Henry Street Street by Street/Canal to Brooklyn Bridge Author:David Bellel Mel Brooks' father, Max Kaminsky, was living here in 1910. Saturday, 07 November 2009 | 367 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

279 E. 3rd Street Street by Street/14th to Houston Author:David Bellel This was the home of Clara Lemlich in 1910. Clara was a garment worker and union activist in the early 1900s and the instigator of the Uprising of the 20,000, a four-month strike to unionize New York sweatshops. Saturday, 07 November 2009 | 385 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

St. Rose Home, 71 Jackson Street Personalities/Social Service Author:Christopher Morell Rose Hawthorne (May 20, 1851-July 9, 1926) was the founder of St. Rose's Free Home for Incurable Cancer at 71 Jackson Street. Rose, the daughter of famous 19th century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, converted to Catholicism in 1891 and created... Tuesday, 03 November 2009 | 518 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Religion in New Amsterdam New Amsterdam/Misc Articles Author:Lydia Lee “The law of love, peace and liberty in the states extending to Jews, Turks and Egyptians, as they are considered sons of Adam, which is the glory of the outward state of Holland, soe love, peace and liberty, extending to all in Christ Jesus,... Thursday, 29 October 2009 | 631 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Personalities/Arts & Entertainment Author:Ina Reuss Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988) was the first African American painter recognized widely as an international art star. Born in Brooklyn to a Puerto-Rican mother and a Haitian-American father, Jean-Michel was interested... Thursday, 29 October 2009 | 1256 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Silver Dollar Saloon, 64 Essex Street 19th Century/Crime Author:Christopher Morell The Silver Dollar Saloon was located at 64 Essex Street and owned and operated by Charles R. Solomon (1851-1899), better known as Silver Dollar Smith. Smith and his saloon earned the title of ‘‘silver dollar,’’ because he had scattered and... Thursday, 29 October 2009 | 498 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Police Brutality and the Socialist-Labor Party 20th Century/Labor Unions Author:Justin Vahala On November 3, 1900, a large police force broke up and severely beat a crowd of Socialist-Labor Party (SLP) members meeting on 7th Street and Avenue C. The crowd, which numbered approximately 500 people, was meeting on this night to protest the... Thursday, 29 October 2009 | 490 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

A March Against Prohibition 20th Century/Prohibition Author:Emma Marconi During the summer of 1921, a man named Malkan Yelka led a rally against Prohibition on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Prior to the march, Yelka, a Lower East Side resident, spent three years in Wyoming working as a guide in Yellowstone National... Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | 547 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Nuyorican Poets Cafe Neighborhoods/Alphabet City Author:Justin Vahala The Nuyorican Poets Café is a performance venue and non-profit organization dedicated to providing “a stage for the artists traditionally under-represented in the mainstream media and culture.”� Founded in 1973 by Rutgers English Professor... Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | 501 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral Neighborhoods/Little Italy Author:Emma Marconi Old St. Patrick’s, located at 260-264 Mulberry Street, was New York City’s first Catholic Cathedral Church. The structure designed by Joseph Francois Mangin was built in 1809. In 1866 a fire destroyed the interior of the church. When rebuilt,... Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | 488 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Jewish Labor Committee 20th Century/Labor Unions Author:Christopher Morell Serving the interests of Jewish laborers for over 75 years, the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) traces its roots to the Lower East Side, the site of its inaugural conference. Held on February 25, 1934, local Yiddish-speaking labor leaders sought to... Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | 418 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

Richard Morris Hunt 19th Century/Misc Articles Author:Emma Marconi Richard Morris Hunt, known as the architect of the Gilded Age, significantly influenced the world of architecture. As the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Hunt introduced the United States to Beaux Arts and Renaissance... Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | 347 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

The End of Little Germany 19th Century/Little Germany Author:Ina Reuss In the 1870, wealthy German-Americans began to move out of the area of the Lower East Side then known as Little Germany, or Kleindeutschland, finding better living conditions in Yorkville, on Manhattan's Upper East Side (Third Avenue in the 80s).... Friday, 23 October 2009 | 581 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

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