The Bowery
Antique Images
The Bowery is a historic street and a district in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, extending from Chatham Square to the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street. It was a Native American foot path of the Lenape tribe. The name comes from Bouwerij, an old Dutch word for farm.
By the late 19th century, it became home of popular theaters, shops, lodging houses, cheap jewelry stores and pawnbrokers. It was one of the major entertainment districts in New York City.
The Bowery about 1906. Third Avenue elevated crossing Fourth Avenue. Looking south from Peter Cooper Monument and Square. Hand colored postcard by Rotograph Company (see an older view below).
The Bowery
Above, elevated trains on The Bowery looking north from Grand Street, 1904. It is one of NYC's oldest thoroughfares. Vintage postcard by American News Company. Below, The Bowery Looking South from Cooper Union, 1864. Oil painting by unidentified artist, published in a postcard.
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