The Historian · Eleanor · New York
The Bowery and CBGB site
The Bowery is the oldest thoroughfare on the island, a Lenape trail before it was a Dutch road (bouwerij means farm). For a century it meant flophouses and skid row; in the 1970s, 315 Bowery (CBGB) birthed American punk — the Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie. The club closed in 2006 and the address is now a clothing store, which is its own lesson in what the city does to its cultural landmarks.
The Bowery — the oldest thoroughfare in Manhattan, and the doorway where punk was born.
— Eleanor, The Historian
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