A shapely woman holding (posing?) with an umbrella in front of a brightly lit store window. A statue outside a cigar store.
Car lights up ahead, under the hulking steel tracks of the elevated train, making the Bowery appear darker and more ominous than usual.
And in the background beyond the cigar store are at least two men, forced by the rain and probably circumstance into the shadows of New York’s most blighted skid row at the time.
This is how John Sloan saw the Bowery one wet night in 1911.
Tags: Bowery Elevated Train, Bowery history, Bowery NYC, Bowery Skid Row, Cigar Store Indian Statue, Forgotten Men, John Sloan New York, John Sloan Wet Night on the Bowery
October 8, 2018 at 9:46 am |
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October 8, 2018 at 11:29 am |
The men look like they’re feeling the raindrops, but they also look a little drunk. lol
October 8, 2018 at 1:38 pm |
maybe a holiday,,, the American flags are flying
October 8, 2018 at 4:32 pm |
That is one great painting.
October 9, 2018 at 10:34 am |
Was highlighted by blog https://thisisnthappiness.com/post/178849747684/the-naked-city
October 9, 2018 at 3:15 pm |
I wish I knew the cross street. It could be outside my door, but probably more south, below Canal St. maybe? Either way – Great Pic!
October 10, 2018 at 3:32 am |
I wish I knew too! But I think somewhere in the vast and illustrious stretch between Houston and Canal.