March 18, 2021

Tag: New York CIty

Sammy’s Bowery Follies

Hy Mariampolski

Sammy’s Bowery Follies

Sammy’s Bowery Follies was not the first “dive bar” nor did they invent the idea of “slumming” but for a stretch of time through the 1940s to the 1960s, Sammy’s was New York’s best example of both.

For the uninitiated, a “dive bar” is a

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They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too

Bill Burton

They Were Champion Boxers Once,
and Restauranteurs Too

James Montgomery Flagg’s painting reproduced on a postcard that was handed out at Dempsey’s restaurant. The original hung in Jack Dempsey’s restaurant until the restaurant closed, when it was donated to the Smithsonian.

Jack Dempsey rose to fame after World

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