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Waterfront celebrities, longshoremen, hiders."ġ59 (corner): Malatesta Trattoria the Voice Monica Lewinsky is said toĭiner, featuring "ships pursers, nannies, Federal Archives Building.Īlso the address of the Council of Literary Warehouse for goods awaiting customs inspection was a former congressmember their firm was here fromīuilt in 1892-99 as the U.S. Hall,įounder of the Theatre Historical Society of America,īuilt as a factory for marine coppersmiths H.C. New York Mayor Stephen Allen and converted into a tenementġ81: Franklin 54 Contemporary Fine Art Gallery A brick warehouse built in 1837 for former Was apparently a tourist attraction it's memorialized in a mosaic in theīear bar. Sent "up the river" to the newly opened Sing Sing. It was closed in 1829 when its inmates were With his family-the institution was plagued by overcrowding, riotsĪnd smallpox epidemics. Pharmacist were hired, and the first warden lived in the prison along Policies-the co-ed convicts were taught trades, a physician and a Newgate State Prison, opened in 1797 as New York's first prisonĪnd the second prison in the country. Occupying the land up to about Washington Street, was Sinceġ986 it's been Bailey-Holt House, the first group home forĬorner (390 West): Underground Erotic Emporiumīlock: At the foot of Christopher Street, In 1982 it was an upscale hotel and restaurant: Gay Dogs, described as a "24-hour food & beer cruiseīar upstairs was the short-stay Hotel Christopher.
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Now features wooden decks and a grassy lawn. Waterfront, but had fallen into disuse by the 1970s, when it served Wonderful Town was singing with a wink about how "such interesting people live on Christopher Street."ĪKA Pier 45, this was once a working part of the New York City 2 in the world-after the Castro) dates back at least to World War II, when it provided R&R for gay sailors. Its reputation as the gayest street in the Village (probably No. (Amos Street was later renamed 10th Street.) When the land was acquired by Charles Christopher Amos, he gave his names to Originally called Skinner Road, after Col.