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Partners In Preservation

Odds and Ends: St. Marks, 1930s Harlem, Fernando Wood

June 14, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1248 Views 0 Comments Donald Trump, Fernando Wood, Partners In Preservation, St. Marks on the Bowery

Above: A shave for 15 cents and a haircut for a quarter, found in Harlem on 422-424 Lenox Avenue, photographed

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Odds and ends: Grant winners and a Bowery Boys interview

May 22, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 736 Views 0 Comments Bartow-Pell Mansion, Brooklyn Public Library, Congregation Beth Elohim, New York Botanical Garden, Partners In Preservation

These doors just won a lot of grant money. (Photo by Wurts Brothers, NYPL) The votes have been counted, and

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Henry Street Settlement: From the doors of old townhouses springs the compassionate heart of the Lower East Side

May 18, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1740 Views 2 Comments Henry Street Settlement, Jacob Schiff, Lillian Wald, Lower East Side, Partners In Preservation

Children gallivant and pose for pictures outside 265 Henry Street, date unknown (Courtesy Henry Street Settlement) FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Until May

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Partners In Preservation – One week left to help a landmark!

May 15, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 659 Views 0 Comments Cleopatra's Needle, Partners In Preservation

Fit for a queen: Cleopatra’s Needle, Central Park’s Egyptian obelisk, is one of the nominees in the PIP initiative (Picture

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Uncategorized 

Nostalgia for Astoria Pool, an early Robert Moses project with a high diving, Olympic-sized history

May 11, 2012September 29, 2017 Bowery Boys 6702 Views 10 Comments Astoria, Astoria Pool, Olympics, Partners In Preservation, Randalls Island, Robert Moses

Mermaidens: Five sisters in bathing suits pose on steps of Astoria Pool, circa 1938. Courtesy the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives

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Neighborhoods Podcasts 

The secrets of St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, and uncovering the East Village footprint of Peter Stuyvesant

May 4, 2012April 19, 2018 Bowery Boys 3263 Views 0 Comments East Village, Partners In Preservation, Peter Stuyvesant, St. Mark's Place, St. Marks on the Bowery

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Until May 21st, you can vote every day in the Partners In Preservation initiative, which will award grant money

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Staten Island History 

Camera Ready: The Alice Austen House, a rustic reminder of an uncommon artist and a cottage shrine to a life in pictures

May 1, 2012March 17, 2016 Bowery Boys 2140 Views 5 Comments Alice Austen, Historic Richmond Town, Partners In Preservation, Photography, Staten Island

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Until May 21st, you can vote every day in the Partners In Preservation initiative, which will award grant money

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Preservation 

Partners In Preservation: Help out a NYC landmark!

April 26, 2012January 16, 2015 Bowery Boys 681 Views 0 Comments Partners In Preservation

For almost five years, we have been extolling the virtues of New York’s greatest and most treasured landmarks in our

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Planes Trains and Automobiles 

History in the Making: Double Decker Delight Edition

April 24, 2012January 16, 2015 Bowery Boys 1160 Views 2 Comments Fifth Avenue, Partners In Preservation, St. Mark's Place, Titanic

Ladies in their most decorative hats enjoy a sunny ride from a double-decker in the fleet of the Fifth Avenue Coach

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Read the book

Bowery-Boys-Book-Cover-R6--revised Our first-ever Bowery Boys book, "Adventures in Old New York" is now out in bookstores! A time-traveling journey into a past that lives simultaneously besides the modern city.

Bowery Boys Walking Tours

Are you ready to walk through time? We’re excited to announce Bowery Boys Walks, our new walking tours developed around our podcast. Join us in the streets — beginning in October 2018!

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