Bowery

Stephen Crane was considered to be one of America's most influential realist writers, born in New Jersey on November 1, 1871, Crane was the 14th and of the writer Mary Helen Peck Crane. His father Reverend Jonathan Townley Crane was a Methodist minister. Crane attended preparatory school at Claverack College. Later on he attended Lafayette College only for a small period of time. After this he moved to New York city to attended He later spent less than two years overall as a college student at…

The century between 1820 and 1920 defined America as a nation of immigrants, creating a “melting pot” that makes the culture in the United States truly unique. It was during this century that approximately 33 million people entered the ports of the United States. Immigrants from the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and down from Canada, came in massive waves. These immigrants settled in the large cities of the Northeast and Midwest of America, most without adequate…

Mother-Daughter Torment In Stephen Crane’s novella “Maggie, A Girl of the Streets”, the abundant examples of situational and dramatic irony highlights the personalities of the characters, characterizes individuals, and contributes to the development of the mother-daughter relationship between Mary and Maggie making it easier to relate to the characters and their problems. Mary develops as an ironic character in her nature as a mother and a drunk alcoholic. On the other hand, Maggie believes that…

New York’s “Queen of the Bowery” emerges larger than life from the pages in Jami Attenberg’s novel Saint Mazie. Mazie Phillips-Gordon was a real person, an irrepressible, big-hearted movie theater owner and neighborhood legend in the Lower East Side during the Depression. Though well known as the tough-talking ticket-seller at the Venice Theater by day and an angel of mercy to the down-and-outs by night, her personal history remained a mystery. Attenberg first learned of Mazie from Joseph…

Events are becoming more and more important to the tourism industry (Hafley, 2013). As a consequence the MICE industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world (Ladkin, 2008). Therefore, the importance of focusing on the MICE industry is getting more important for the hospitality industry. Within the hospitality industry not only the MICE industry needs to be taken into consideration but as well the environmental issues. When looking at Europe and its MICE industry, Schiphol…

John Seal is a Los Angeles-based artist, whose solo exhibition "I Upon My Frontiers Here Keep My Residence" is on view at Gavin Brown Enterprise in the Bowery district. There are a series of works where the outline of a jacket is invaded by his flowery images. This kind of cartoon frame reflects Seal’s childhood when he was raised by television icons such as gilligan and he-man. However, the content of images shows me a great sense of impressionism. Many of Seals paintings depict still-lifes…

During the Civil War times, New York was full of many slums, including Five Points in Manhattan. It was full of gangs, crimes and several bars. It was full of many Irish immigrants trying to escape the Great Famine in Ireland. Five Points was considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in New York. This paper will tell you all about the neighborhood of Five Points. Five Points was completely made up of immigrants. Irish people came to escape the Great Famine, and many of them also lived…

was a source of gambling, prostitution, violence, and filth.This source of land fulfilled the desperation of ethnic groups who needed comfort, and a new place to call home. Rivalries began to arise between gangs in the Five Points, and gangs in the Bowery. Each gang craved control of the Five Points and its sources. The negative atmosphere of the city built an aura where it's people committed violent and unethical…

As the novel opens, Jimmie, a young boy, is leading a street fight against a troop of youngsters from another part of New York City's impoverished Bowery neighborhood. Jimmie is rescued by Pete, a teenager who seems to be a casual acquaintance of his. They encounter Jimmie's offhandedly brutal father, who brings Jimmie home, where we are introduced to his timid older sister Maggie and little brother Tommie, and to Mary, the family's drunken, vicious matriarch. The evening that follows seems…

people had cameras so he was considered to bet he guy with the camera taking pictures and documenting life around him. Harvey Wang’s New York was published in 1990 which was portraits of self portraits and then a book called Flophouse Life on the Bowery which was profiles of men living in last remnants from skidrow New York. After that came his first digital camera piece. He thought it was cool because after taking these digital pictures he was able to go play with the on his computer but didn’t…