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NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE BOWERY
235 Bowery at Prince St. Subway R, N to Prince St; #6 to Spring St. 212 219 1222,
www.newmuseum.org
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Wed & Fri-Sun 11am-6pm, Thurs 11am-9pm. $16, “pay what you wish” (suggested
$2 minimum) Thurs 7-9pm.
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Powerful symbol of the Bowery's rebirth, this avant-garde art gallery is housed in a stack of
seven shimmering aluminium boxes. The warehouse-like galleries are spacious, but still
small enough to digest without overdosing on the diverse range of temporary exhibits in-
side. The
Bowery
itself was until relatively recently a byword for poverty and destitution,
America's original skid row. At its peak, in 1949, around 14,000 homeless people could be
found here, most dossing down in hostels known as flophouses. Today only eight flophouses
remain, and the street is increasingly lined with smart, contemporary buildings, stores and
bars.
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
