Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Bowery like you haven't seen in a long, long time

Our blogging friend This Ain't the Summer of Love bought a copy of the out-of-print book "The Bowery."



In a post yesterday, he provides a snapshot of the book's content. For instance, here's a shot of Confidence Bar and Grill at 254 Bowery, one of the many joints featured in Lionel Rogosin's 1958 documentary, "On the Bowery."



Today, 254 Bowery is a hole in the ground ....

4 comments:

NYCDreamin said...

Like Living Colour sang: "You can tear a building down, but you can't erase the memory.."

Ken Mac said...

fantastic info

Mykola Dementiuk said...

These before and after photos from the Bowery make me want to cry...

Mick

www.mykoladementiuk.com

glamma said...

this history is really not that distant. times change, but at this pace?? something is very wrong in downtown nyc. greed and soul are not co-existing. greed is devouring soul. sad is not the word.