Cheers to the Free and Independent Republic of Greenwich Village!
There’s a spiral staircase inside the western half of the Washington Square Arch, which grants access to the rooftop and
Read more
Washington Square
Ghostbusters 2: Twenty-five historical details from the supreme slimy sequel
The Bowery Boys Obsessive Guides look very, very closely at a classic movie filmed in New York City, finding buried
Read more
Where They Lived: Remembering the victims of The Triangle Factory Fire
On this day in 1911, late in the afternoon, fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located on the upper
Read more
For More on Jane Jacobs….
We hope you enjoyed our 200th Bowery Boys podcast on Jane Jacobs. For further reading on her life, philosophy and
Read more
Jane Jacobs: Saving Greenwich Village
PODCAST The story of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist and writer who changed the way we live in cities and
Read more
Five items from the Village Voice, 50 years ago this week
Washington Square North, looking west, 1950, photo by Walter Sanders, Life Magazine The entire back catalog of the Village Voice,
Read more
Fun money: The Buffalo nickel, 100 years old this month, makes Wall Street messenger boys rich (for a couple hours)
The U.S. Sub Treasury Building — today’s Federal Hall — as it appeared in a colorized postcard in the 1900s
Read more
Dave Brubeck 1920-2012: Jazz Impressions of New York
Renown jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died this morning, just a day before his 92nd birthday. The fourth entry in his
Read more
Dave Brubeck 1920-2012: Jazz Impressions of New York
Renown jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died this morning, just a day before his 92nd birthday. The fourth entry in his
Read moreGreenwich Village, through the eyes of Jean Shepherd: A beatnik city of “secret treasures and hidden gardens”
Jean Shepherd, probably best known today as the voice of ‘A Christmas Story‘, was a regular presence on New York
Read more
New York University: A noble idea takes root in the Village, a school for the metropolis, but not without growing pains
Hogwarts of Washington Square: The beautiful and supremely ostentatious University Hall at the northeast corner of the park, circa 1850.
Read more
The Bowery Boys Washington Square Park Audio Tour: a stroll through New York history, now on sale everywhere!
Today marks a big new step in the evolution of The Bowery Boys: New York City History podcast and website
Read more
Don’t douse the glim! Four infamous dancehalls and dives which made the notorious reputation of Bleecker Street
“There are no lower outcasts in New York than the women who nightly creep out of the darkness and swarm
Read more
I Sit On Your Grave: New York’s Hidden Burial Plots
Here’s a chilling thought for the Halloween season: if you’re visiting one of New York’s many amazing parks and squares,
Read more
Mayor William Paulding, the very respectable brother
KNOW YOUR MAYORS Our modest little series about some of the greatest, notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of
Read more