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…important role in LGBTQ+, women’s, artistic, Irish, and public health history. For more information on the history of these and other buildings South of Union Square, click here. See all…
Read More…important role in LGBTQ+, women’s, artistic, Irish, and public health history. For more information on the history of these and other buildings South of Union Square, click here. See all…
Read More…be found throughout the district and are emblematic of it. By the late 1800s, many German and Irish immigrants called the South Village home, and the area concentrated around Thompson,…
Read More…of homes. Noguchi was born on November 17, 1904 in Los Angeles to Léonie Gilmore, an Irish-American writer from Brooklyn, and Yone Noguchi, a Japanese poet who enjoyed some success in…
Read More…find many Italians, Irish, German, and Jewish names, reflecting the ethnic diversity of the neighborhood at the time. In total, 180 men from the block are memorialized. St. Joseph’s Church…
Read More…in a Greek Revival structure that had been built in 1836 for the First Unitarian Universalist Church. The opening of St. Benedict the Moor was funded by the Irish-American Pastor…
Read More…as a boarding house, and in 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both houses and converted them into a general storefront and warehouse for his liquor importing and exporting…
Read More…immigrants in New York City. A ship of Irish immigrants arriving at Ellis Island Our neighborhoods have attracted immigrants from across the globe for centuries. Immigration and the diversity of…
Read More…Irish and German immigration, increasing the need for housing. The Spingler-Van Bueren family came to own much of the land in this area on or near 14th Street via Charles…
Read More…was selected to differentiate the building from the Protestant and Irish Catholic houses of worship nearby. This architectural significance and history is noted in the designation report for the South…
Read More…were particularly high between African Americans and Irish immigrants, who were often in competition for jobs. Tragic scenes from the Civil War Draft Riots, on First Avenue (left) and Clarkson…
Read More…block, such as those at Nos. 335-345 constructed in 1860 by William Wright that furthered the Italianate style. As more immigrants moved into the neighborhood, notably Irish and German, the…
Read More…Stomp’s impact on the New York performance world has been and continues to be significant. One Stomp alumnus, modern and Irish step dancer Sean Curran, now heads the dance department…
Read More…on holiday and other specialties, such as corned beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread, and chocolate stout cake for St. Patrick’s Day, and gumbo, macaroons, and King cake cupcakes for…
Read More…the neighborhood coincided with dramatic changes in the local population. Irish, Italian, and German immigrants and then Russian Jews, Ukrainians, and Puerto Ricans formed sizable communities in various parts of…
Read More…in an environment free of the Irish and German immigrants prevalent in the neighborhood. Prohibition and Beyond Breweries as such disappeared from the city during Prohibition. The few that resumed…
Read More…in March and get a little rowdy, punching each other over the hearts of jill hares. Thus the Irish expression, mad as a march hare; as in, you’d have to…
Read More…impacted the white working class the most, especially Irish immigrant workers who also believed they were in competition for scarce jobs with free Blacks. Add in wartime scarcity, inflation, and…
Read More…to explore the enduring Italian-American presence, history, and architecture of the South Village Historic District, a neighborhood with a history that includes African-Americans, Irish-Americans, Italian priests, shop-owners, musicians, and politicians….
Read More…was home to many intellectuals, writers, and artists who embraced ideas and politics counter to the prevailing culture, or Bohemians. But the area was also inhabited by Irish and Italian…
Read More…second building from the right). Isamu Noguchi, the son of an Irish-American mother and Japanese father, was one of the 20th century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors. He was…
Read More…Hard Luck Town was physically, it was also organized socially. One part of the town was an Irish settlement and the other part was Polish. Importantly, Mayor Bill emphasized that…
Read More…tenants from the time of its opening, and by 1880, its residents included Irish, German, and Chinese immigrants. Between 1900 and 1920, industrial tenants displaced its residents. The 1905 New…
Read More…then Irish, primarily) settle in this area before moving on. Italian immigrants took up residence in these same tenements and rowhouses, and built churches like St. Anthony’s and Our Lady…
Read More…Putten, an early Dutch settler. In 1741, Sir Peter Warren, a famous Irish officer in the English Navy, purchased the property. The area surrounding the site on which the Norwood…
Read More…The shelves are wonderfully organized: books on various ethnic cuisine such as French, African, Jewish, Latin, Chinese, and Irish; books from different American regions such as New England, the South,…
Read More…another Civil War rally in 1863 when Irish immigrants gathered in the park to riot against the draft. These rallies collectively furthered the identity of Union Square as an active…
Read More…West 10th Street was opened as a warehouse for James Everard, an Irish immigrant who arrived in New York as a young boy. After working as a brick mason and…
Read More…Carmine Street, where I used to live, at number 63, is Mr. Dennehy’s, which is an Irish pub as well as a sports bar. Try the Bangers & Mash, or…
Read More…After waves of immigration into America, and particularly into New York, brought thousands of Irish, German, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and other nationals to our shores, U.S. leaders decided…
Read More…into “ethnic neighborhoods.” “Erin,” the Irish section of the neighborhood, is located west of 6th Avenue and north of Christopher. “Italia,” where Italians made their home, is located south of…
Read More…1848 by local, mostly Irish immigrants who also worked at the nearby East River docks, restores a historically significant part of the architectural heritage of the East Village. Tomorrow you…
Read More…us to this day. 1920 New York State Legislature map showing various “immigrant districts” of Manhattan. Red is Jewish; Tan is Italian; Lavendar is German; Green is Irish; Yellow is…
Read MoreWilde poses in 1882 for photographer Napoleon Sarony. Courtesy of the George Eastman House. Irish writer Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born October 16, 1854. The author of many…
Read More…unlike the South Village, the center of this Italian immigrant community was its church. Although Boardwalk Empire mainly follows the Irish mob of Atlantic City, it often transports its viewers…
Read More…the paths they used that became main thoroughfares such as Bowery and Broadway, the Irish community from churches such as a St. Veronica’s and St. Johns, and the Italian community…
Read More…Little Germany. Irish immigrants also played a role in the development of the neighborhood, as can be seen just beyond the district in St. Brigid’s Church. This image, painted by…
Read More…mainly settled in the 1840’s, consisting of three story single-family homes, some of which are still standing. At the time the neighborhood was mainly made up of Irish, English, German…
Read More…as Decatur Place. A number of its residents were prominent clerks and merchants (mostly of English and Irish descent), who lived with their families and servants in privately-owned townhouses. David…
Read More…South Village was marked by its large Italian community that settled in the late 19th Century. Around that same time German, Irish, and Italian immigrants found work in the breweries,…
Read More…and socialists over the legitimacy of the use of dynamite by Irish Nationalists in London. Police Capt. McCillagh tried to call for order, but was hit from behind with a…
Read More…historian Andrew Dolkart in The Row House Reborn, the majority of those who inhabited the alley between construction and 1922 were Irish families headed by women. Further, he notes, upon…
Read More…a mason, owned it from 1817 to 1841, and its next owner and occupant, Thomas Bray, was an Irish immigrant who owned a liquor store on Grand Street. Following Bray’s…
Read More…Renaissance Revival Styles. From the Civil War to the turn of the century, thousands of European immigrants settled in Greenwich Village’s southern section. The dominant Irish, German, and later Italian…
Read More…its designation for many years. James McCreery & Co. Dry Goods opened its doors in 1869. Mr. James McCreery, an Irish immigrant, was employed by Ubsdell, Pierson & Lake, a…
Read More…Andrew Dolkart in The Row House Reborn, the majority of those who inhabited the alley between construction and 1922 were Irish families headed by women. Further, he notes, upon their 1921…
Read More…novel and memoir. Isamu Noguchi in his studio Noguchi, the son of an Irish-American mother and Japanese father, was one of the 20th century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors….
Read More…505 East 6th Street at what was formerly an Irish bar called the Sunshine Cafe, and then 236 East 3rd Street. A home of poetry, music, theater, visual arts, and…
Read More…to provide a source of spiritual and cultural nourishment, inspire achievement in its young students, and serve as a universal language for the community’s Jewish, Irish, Italian, Russian, Greek and…
Read More…The Institute was named for Margaret and Sarah Switzer, Irish immigrants who succeeded through working their way up in the fashion world. After this, the building served as the home…
Read More…August 1, 1949, to a working-class family of Irish descent. They lived on the Lower East Side, but by the time Carroll was eleven years old, they moved to Inwood…
Read More…her father held jobs typical for an Irish laborer at the time – carpenter, electrician, etc. – but always loved music and dreamed of owning a bar. And so he…
Read More…the mid-1800s. A number of its residents were prominent clerks and merchants, mostly of English and Irish descent. Decatur Place experienced a major architectural and social transformation in the early…
Read More…what is now Macedonia, she joined a religious order of Irish Catholic nuns. Later she would ask permission from the Pope to found her own her order, the Missionaries of…
Read More…Google Maps Following the Civil War and into the early 20th century, 14th Street became home to many of the new immigrants coming to this country. They were primarily Irish,…
Read More…prosperous, even as Irish or Italian oldtimers still lean on pillows to watch the world from upper windows… Two or three decades ago, when many houses had declined into rooming…
Read More…in a setti ng as creative and innovative as the sounds you hear and the sights just outside its doors? And get an Irish coffee, Italian dinner, Espresso Martini, or virgin bloody mary from…
Read More…Irish coffee, Italian dinner, Espresso Martini, or virgin bloody mary from a curved bar while you do? Casa Adela, 66 Avenue C Whether you live near Avenue C between 4th…
Read More…Little Spain and The Whitney Museum Our Irish Heritage Ninety-Eight Years Ago, Puerto Rican Migration to the Lower East Side Begins Europe and Greenwich Village Little India in the East…
Read More…century, thousands of European immigrants settled in Greenwich Village’s southern section. The dominant Irish, German, and later Italian immigrant groups created working-class communities centered around social institutions. Institutional and religious…
Read More…this day. 1920 New York State Legislature map showing various “immigrant districts” of Manhattan. Red is Jewish; Tan is Italian; Lavendar is German; Green is Irish; Yellow is Chinese; Light…
Read More…setting as creative and innovative as the sounds you hear and the sights just outside its doors? And get an Irish coffee, Italian dinner, Espresso Martini, or virgin bloody mary…
Read More…surrounding 57 Sullivan Street, there was a mixture of blacks and whites (chiefly Irish and German immigrants). 1870 US Federal Census showing 57 Sullivan Street and 81 Thompson Street, illustrating…
Read More…Kenny – The child of Irish immigrants, Kenny grew up in the Bronx and Greenwich Village. Her father, Pat, was owner of the Village music club, Kenny’s Castaways, and a…
Read More…1840’s, consisting of three story single-family homes, some of which are still standing. At the time the neighborhood was mainly made up of Irish, English, German and western European immigrants….
Read More…and its aristocracy and thus embraced by the upper class of New York. Working-class native-born and Irish immigrant New Yorkers, usually at odds, found common ground in their appreciation of…
Read More…2019 Google 29. Oscar Wilde, 48 West 11th Street Irish writer Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on Oct. 16, 1854. The author of many short stories, plays such…
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