http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-19th-century-slave-market-at-union-square/ Chronicling an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-19th-century-slave-market-at-union-square/#comment-34836 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:38:38 +0000 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/?p=12797#comment-34836 Interesting that on 14th Street, a block and a half west of Union Square, above where the the Guitar Center is now, was a group of really grungy employment agencies that were called the “slave market.” They existed, I think, into the 90s.

]]> http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-19th-century-slave-market-at-union-square/#comment-33507 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:24:29 +0000 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/?p=12797#comment-33507 [...] Late 19th-century life of actors at Union Square (Ephemeral New York) [...]

]]> http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-19th-century-slave-market-at-union-square/#comment-33490 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:34:45 +0000 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/?p=12797#comment-33490 This is so interesting. Now instead of a “slave market” we have “cattle calls!”

]]> http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-19th-century-slave-market-at-union-square/#comment-33482 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:13:58 +0000 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/?p=12797#comment-33482 [...] Ephemeral New York recalls “a section of 14th Street deemed the ‘slave market,’ where managers and theater agents went to fill their casts for an upcoming show.” [...]

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