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UNDERWORLD.(the Five Points in New York and 'The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld' by Herbert Asbury)
I went searching for the Five Points when I first came to New York, and couldn't find them anywhere. Not a single point left sticking up, it seemed, even in the thornier city of the early eighties. The Five Points, I knew from the book I clutched in my hand as I went looking, was an intersection of three downtown streets--Anthony, Orange, and Cross (later Worth, Baxter, and Park)--which formed five corners, and it had once been the legendary neighborhood of New York crime and New York criminals. These weren't the kind of criminals we had now but a more interesting sort, with neat names and great hats. It was the place where the Dead Rabbits and the Plug Uglies and the ...
- 1959 USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang.USA. New York. New York City. 1959....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruce Davidson January 1, 1959 700+ words
...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New ...
- 1959 USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang.USA. New York. New York City. 1959....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruce Davidson January 1, 1959 700+ words
...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New ...
- GANGS OF NEW YORK.(Textiles market week)
- Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network Shoulberg, Warren March 31, 2003 700+ words
...the streets of New York to inflict their...of the assorted gangs of New York engaged in hand...process. The biggest gang is the discount...philosophy. Another gang of New York is an elite group...These are the gangs really growing...
- 1959. USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang.USA. Brooklyn, New York. 1959....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruce Davidson January 1, 1959 700+ words
Bruce Davidson Magnum Photos 01-01-1959 1959. USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. Brooklyn, New York. 1959. "Brooklyn Gang." Keywords: Adolescent - 13 to 18 years old Teenage girl - 13 to 18 years old...
- Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Social History Wolcott, David September 22, 2000 700+ words
...and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York. By Eric C. Schneider (Princeton...and the mid-1960s, youth gangs divided the streets of New York City into distinct territories...the historical experiences of gang members, distinguishing them...
- DEADLY NEW YORK GANG TRAINED YOUNG RECRUITS IN NORFOLK, LAWYERS SAY.(LOCAL)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Waltz, Lynn September 21, 1996 700+ words
...netted up to $90,000 a week in New York. The gang gained notoriety for its carelessness...appeared to exceed even that of New York's most ruthless drug gangs, investigators said. While...would testify against them, gang members killed another woman...
- Vampires, dragons, and Egyptian kings: youth gangs in postwar New York.
- Magazine article from: Urban History Review October 1, 1999 700+ words
...treatment of youth gangs in New York City from the...neighbourhoods where gangs proliferated...and behaviour of gang members, including...what caused youth gang formation in the...defined youth gangs. In Chapter I, "Remaking New York," Schneider...
- Our `Gangs'; Scorsese stunningly stirs up melting pot of 19th century New...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Verniere, James December 20, 2002 700+ words
...out of four) New York is literally a hell...Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," his long-delayed...the most notorious gang of the Five Points...Among the other area gangs are the Plug Uglies...Catholics, from New York City. At their...
