I had to pinch hit for Rob Hollander's and les projects' five points tour a few weeks ago. Along with Rob's "course of stud...

dunshee-1959 from a great book As You Pass By, by Kenneth Holcomb Dunshee

The map is from 1903. The web source of the article is the lost museum This newspaper article describes the 1853 opening of the Five Points ...

A follow up to a previous post that showed the highlighted plaque below information about the mission from the Five Points Mission site Loca...

From a documentary done by the History Channel a few years ago called the real Gangs Of New York

from bowery boys once again . Part 1 of part 2 of their August 2008 series on the Five Points. This time I experimented with pairing the aud...

Audio from an excellent 2 part podcast from the bowery boys'from august 2008 There should be over 50 images in this slide show but very ...

Interesting this plaque is not found in the Five Points, but just a block away from Knickerbocker Village