Author: Greg Young

Before the flapper, the naughty ‘vamp’ scandalized New York

Post author By Greg Young
Post date July 29, 2014
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Above: Clara Bow, in It (1927), one of the roles that made her an major film star.Two iconic actresses of the early silent film industry share a birthday today — Theda Bara (born July 29, 1885) and Clara Bow (born in Brooklyn, July 29, 1905). Bow became the screen’s leading flapper archetype of the 1920s,… Read More

Bowery Boys Bookshelf

The Great Gatsby’s New York City, in ten different scenes, from the Queensboro Bridge to the Plaza Hotel

Post author By Greg Young
Post date May 7, 2013
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BOWERY BOYS BOOK OF THE MONTH Each month I’ll pick a book — either brand new or old, fiction or non-fiction — that offers an intriguing take on New York City history, something that uses history in a way that’s uniquely unconventional or exposes a previously unseen corner of our city’s complicated past. Then over the… Read More

Tags Bowery Boys Bookshelf, Central Park, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flushing-Meadows, Great Gatsby, The Plaza

Women's History

The 25 Most Influential Women in New York City History

Post author By Greg Young
Post date April 1, 2009
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ABOVE: These are the ladies who lunch in Prospect Park 1935 We talk about a lot of white men on the Bowery Boys podcast. When discussing the mainstream history of the city, it’s pretty unavoidable. Men had the money, the power, the influence. Not to mention most of the corruption, the crime, the scandal. So… Read More

Tags Alice Austen, Astors, Billie Holiday, Eleanor Roosevelt, Greenwich Village, Henry Street Settlement, Lower East Side, Nellie Bly, Soho