You've heard the legend of New York's most notorious neighborhood. Now come with us as we hit the streets of Five Points and dig up some of the nitty, gritty details of its birth, its first residents and its most scandalous pastimes.
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One of the most famous images of Five Points, accentuating its bustle and chaos
A dour living condition in a Baxter Street tenement
People drank their woes away at one of Five Points' hundreds of groceries, rum shops and grog houses
A typical scene down Bottle Alley
Newspapers kept images of Five Points' squalor in the public eye for shock value
The rich would venture into Five Points on guided tours, observing its poverty and sordidness as though at a zoo
How much of the movie "Gangs of New York" are factual regarding the five points of NY and the characters?
ReplyDeleteI just listened to the Podcast on Five Points Part I., and would like to thank you for including the quote from Charles Dickens. It painted a very clear picture of the times and location and I can appreciate his "superior" point of view. It made me laugh and think, "Oh, that Dickens"!
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Hollywood, FL.
I am currently reading "The Gangs of New York" and just watched the movie. Some of the characters are the same, but the events in the movie don't coincide with certain characters in the book. The book contains a flood of specific events, names, dates, and locations that are a little difficult to keep track of everything (could be the writing style). You really learn what was going on in New York City during that time period.
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