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The Bowery

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The Bowery went through a huge transformation, even in the past 10 years, evolving from gritty to polished at rapid speed. (Jun. 21, 2013) Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • The Bowery Poetry Club is a popular spot in the Bowery, north of East Houston Street. (Jun. 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • The New Museum, opened in 2007, stands out in the architectural landscape of the Bowery. (Jun. 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • The Gemma restaurant, serving Italian fare, is located in the ground floor of The Bowery Hotel. The neighborhood is rich with trendy restaurants. (Jun. 21, 2013)
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  • David Mulkins, 56, has been a resident of the Bowery neighborhood for thirty years, and is a history and cinema studies teacher at the High School of Art and Design. (Jun. 24, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • Restaurants offer outdoor eating along the Bowery during good weather. (June 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • Opened in 2010, Pulino's is a popular restaurant in the Bowery. (June 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • Even though it may best be known for its popular restaurants and bars, the Bowery has also become a prestigious residential neighborhood. (June 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • Cooper Square Hotel at East Fourth Street towers over the neighborhood. (June 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • CBGB, now boarded up, was an early music venue for such pioneering 1970s punk and post-punk acts as the Ramones, the Talking Heads and Blondie. (June 24, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • The Sohotel, at Broome Street and Bowery, is the oldest continuously operating hotel in New York City. (Jun. 24, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick
  • The Bowery went through a huge transformation, even in the past 10 years, evolving from gritty to polished at rapid speed. (Jun. 21, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Nancy Borowick

Walking down famed Bowery street, from which the Bowery neighborhood takes its name, the sight of trendy restaurants and swanky nightlife spots mingling with sophisticated art galleries, the world-renowned New Museum and high-rise hotel and condo units makes it hard to believe the area has a less-than-pristine past.

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