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1. Cooper Union GRAMERCY &
This institution, THE FLATIRON
DISTRICT
known for its art GREENWICH
VILLAGE
and engineering
programs, provided EAST
free education to its VILLAGE
students until 2014.
East Side
LOWER EAST SIDE
Locator Map
See map pp16–17
The Stuyvesant-Fish House
(1803–4) was constructed out of Key
brick. It is a classic example of a 5St. Mark’s Church-
Federal-style house. in-the-Bowery Suggested route
The church was built
Renwick Triangle is in 1799, and the Stuyvesant Polyclinic was
a group of 16 houses steeple added in 1828. built in 1884 as the German
built in the Italianate Dispensary and was used as
style in 1861. a clinic until 2007. The facade
is decorated with the busts
of many famous physicians
and scientists. It now houses
a consulting firm.

E 1 0 T H S T R E E T
S T U Y V E S A N T S T
T H I R D A V E N U E

St. Mark’s Place was once the
E E 9 T H S T R E E T epicenter of hippie life and
U S T M A R K ’ S P L A C E continues to be a hub for
N the East Village youth
E S E C O N D A V E N U E scene. Hip shops
V E 7 T H S T R E E T
A now occupy

H many of the
T basements.
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Little Tokyo is a belt of
noodle shops, sushi bars,
and Japanese businesses,
located on and around
Little Ukraine East 9th Street.
is home to around
25,000 Ukrainians.
The hub is St. George’s
Ukrainian Catholic
Church.
McSorley’s Old Ale House still
serves its own ale in surroundings
virtually unchanged since it
opened in 1854 (see p311).

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