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kinds. It is also where a sacred
elm tree in the middle of the
park r commemorates the first
Hare Krishna ceremony on
American soil. Jazz great Charlie
Parker lived across the street
from the park from 1950 to 1955
t. Walk to the southwestern
corner on 7th Street, where
Miss Lily’s y serves delicious
Jamaican food. Down the block,
Turntable Lab u sells DJ
equipment and vinyl. If you are
thirsty, continue west toward
Second Avenue to McSorley’s
q The style and elegance of an earlier century at Veniero’s Old Ale House i, one of the
Third Ave oldest bars in the city. Then get
L Second Avenue, at East 10th back onto Second Avenue and
BRO A D WAY FOU RT H AV E T HI RD AVENUE SECOND AVE NU E Street, sits the St. Mark’s Church- turn right to see where the live
venue Fillmore East o operated
in-the-Bowery 0 (see p117).
between 1968 and 1971 (105).
Erected in 1799, this church
8th St-NYU First Avenue L E A S T 1 4 T H S T R E E T was the location of Dutch This classic rock scene featured
N.R governor Peter Stuyvesant’s such legends as The Doors, Jimi
Astor Place EAST 10TH STREET private chapel, and Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Pink
6 0 F I R S T A V E N U E EAST 13TH STREET he is buried here. Floyd. The Who even premiered
EAST 8TH ST
S T R E E T 1 2 4 3 6 7 9 q EAST 12TH STREET A V E N U E A Lords gathered here, and their rock opera Tommy here.
ASTOR PLACE
More recently, the Black
Look left at 6th Street – “Indian
Panthers and Young
EAST 9TH STREET
Restaurant Row” p – where
5
L A F AY E T T E FO URT H AVEN UE COOPER i 8 EA ST 1 0T H STREET writers contributed to The Bengali curry houses compete
Allen Ginsberg and other
for business. Continue southwest
EA ST 1 1T H STREET
w
d EA ST 6 TH ST R EE T o EA ST 9 TH ST R EET Poetry Project that exists down Second Avenue to
to this day. A right on
number 80 a; this was the
SQUARE EA ST 7T H ST R EE T
S E C O N D AV E ST MA RK S P L A C E e 11th Street leads home of Joe “The Boss” Masseria,
head of the Italian mob in the
to Veniero’s q, a
E A S T 5 TH S T R E ET
stylish Italian bakery
s p EA ST 7 TH STR EET A V E N U E A TOMPKINS that still has many of 1920s. Turn right onto 4th Street,
SQUARE
GR E AT J O NE S ST
where KGB bar s, on the right,
a u r t its original details, such is a literary institution. Continue
E A ST 4 TH S TR EET
y as hand-stamped metal straight along 4th Street to
BO N D S T
EAST 3 RD STREET
EA ST 6TH S T R E E T
f ceilings. Make a right and Lafayette Street, and stop off at
ELIZABETH ST B O W E R Y EAST 1ST ST E A S T 2N D ST RE ET F I R S T A V E N U E EAST 4 TH S T AVENUE B northern edge of Tompkins La Colombe, d an artisanal café
then a left onto 10th Street,
past the three-story Russian
that offers gourmet coffees.
From Lafayette, left on Great
and Turkish Baths w, to the
Jones Street and a final right
site (315) of CBGB f, a former
E A S T HO U S TON
Second Ave E A S T 3 R D S T Square e (see p117). onto Bowery lead to the former
F S TREET Tompkins Square punk venue (now a John Varvatos
Built in 1834, this square has clothing boutique) that gave many
seen political activism of all rock legends their big break.
r Elm tree, a Hare Krishna
memorial, in Tompkins Square Park
Key
Walk route
0 meters 200
0 yards 200 w The Russian and Turkish Baths
For keys to symbols see back flap
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