Lower East Side - Eldridge Street

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105 Eldridge Street	Fontana's	Bar/Lounge
118A Eldridge Street	Dumpling House	Restaurant
134 Eldridge Street	Milk & Honey	Bar/Lounge
235 Eldridge Street	bOb	Bar/Dancing

Welcome to Eldridge Street on the lower east side of New York City.

Eldridge Street is one of five streets in this area which were named after military heroes of the War of 1812. In one grand municipal gesture of honor back in 1817, Eldridge Street was named for Lieutenant Eldridge was killed by Canadian Indians (scalped).

Allen Street was so named after William H Allen of the Navy; Chrystie Street was named for Lieutenant-Colonel John

Christie, who was killed on the New York Niagara frontier; Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth who was wounded in Canada is honored with Forsyth Street; Lieutenant Ludlow (Ludlow Street) was killed in action in a ship battle between the ship Chesapeake and the HBMS Shannon. Pike Street is named for General Pike, who was killed in the attack upon York, near Toronto, Canada. All of them died in 1813 and were honored in New York City with street names in this area in 1817.

http://www.eldridgestreet.org

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Allen Street	Attorney Street	Bowery
Broome Street	Clinton Street	Delancey Street
East Houston	Eldridge Street	Essex Street
Grand Street	Ludlow Street	Norfolk Street
Orchard Street	Rivington Street	Stanton Street
	Suffolk Street

Welcome to the Lower East Side. Here you will explore the still gritty streets of the neighborhood of Manhattan is home to the Tenement Museum, Katz's Deli, Gus' Pickles and Kossar's Bialies. Explore street by street by street. Hurry up, the neighborhood is changing!


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Summer 2008 - This summer the Tenement Museum will debut its first exhibit which showcases the difficult struggles of the Irish immigrant experience in the mid 1800s in New York City's lower east side. Previous museum exhibits have been devoted to Italian, German and Jewish experiences with tenement living. The lower east side was predominantly German-speaking in the 19th century. The new exhibit will focus on the lives of Bridget and Joseph Moore who lived at 97 Orchard Street in Apartment 14. The couple—who struggled to pay the $8 rent on the modest fourth-floor apartment. Visitors to the museum will be treated to period melodies ethnomusicologist Mick Moloney recorded for the tour include “No Irish Need Apply” from 1865, and “Thousands Are Sailing,” a traditional Gaelic lamentation for friends and relatives who departed for America.

July 2008 - In the past year, many artist galleries have opened up on the lower east side. Among them: Envoy (131 Chrystie Street online at www.envoygallery.com). Checkout the Google Map created by Jen Bekman Gallery, at www.boweryartsdistrict.com. Have a Sunday afternoon free? Come on down. Try this one: Sunday L.E.S. (237 Eldridge Street; www.sundaynyc.com). A friendly gallery is Luxe (53 Stanton Street; www.luxegallery.net). Find the red door and the two shar peis near the Buddhist storefront of the Woodward Gallery (133 Eldridge Street; www.woodwardgallery.net) which deals with the heavyweights: Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Finish your day off on Stanton Street, number 53 at the Smith-Stewart gallery (53 Stanton Street; www.smith-stewart.com). Enjoy!

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