New York . THE BOWERY. A thoroughfare of world-wide fame. It derived its name from the bouweries or farms between which it ran during the old Dutch days. Inlater years the lower end grew to be a series of dives, saloons, shows, etc., and became the favorite resort of a tough element. Here the peculiar type of swagger-ing ruffian, the Bowery Boy, was developed. The street has lost much of its former bad repute, and the boy has disappeared. The milder young toughs oftoday are in turn giving way to the frugal and good-natured German and Jew. Better shops are being opened year by year. The Bowery
New York . THE BOWERY. A thoroughfare of world-wide fame. It derived its name from the bouweries or farms between which it ran during the old Dutch days. Inlater years the lower end grew to be a series of dives, saloons, shows, etc., and became the favorite resort of a tough element. Here the peculiar type of swagger-ing ruffian, the Bowery Boy, was developed. The street has lost much of its former bad repute, and the boy has disappeared. The milder young toughs oftoday are in turn giving way to the frugal and good-natured German and Jew. Better shops are being opened year by year. The Bowery now boasts the largestsavings bank in the LOOKING NORTH FROM 23d STREET. View looking up Broadway to the left and 5th Avenue to the right from the Flat Iron Building at 23d Street. Lessthan half a century ago this was largely a country district. The Times Building towers at the distant curve of Broadway almost obscured by the nearer huge bulkof the Hoffman House. The Waldorf shows prominently in the middle distance of 5th Avenue. This view includes the busiest hotel and shopping district of thegreat metropolis.
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