Olde Theatres Of The Bouwerie December 10, 2006

The Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment

Walking Tour
with theatre historian Cezar Del Valle

OLDE THEATRES OF THE BOUWERIE
New York City

Event date: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Hours: 11:00 am-1:00 pm

The Bowery was once a center for all forms of working class entertainment: minstrel shows, dime museums, vaudeville, burlesque, legit theatres, and early film shows. At the end of the 19th century, the street boasted 99 such places-14 classified as respectable- plus six barrooms to a block.

However by 1927, barely a dozen theaters remained.

Join us for a stroll along "the street that died young"; beginning at McGurk's Suicide Hall" - "the roughest joint in town" - and ending in Chatham Square at the site of the legendary Bowery/Thalia Theatre.

Meet on NE corner of Bowery and Houston Street.
Take the F/V train to Second Avenue station.

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