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As Alice Sparberg Alexiou's Devil's Mile shows, the [Bowery] has sheltered actors and prostitutes, punks and millionaires. Reinvention remains its only constant. --NY Daily News Walks readers through the cultural history of the Bowery--from creation to its vanishing remnants that remain today. --am New York Alice Sparberg Alexiou makes us miss the Bowery-- more than we ever knew we could. --The NY Journal of Books This anecdote-laden urban history of New York City's Bowery by Alexiou makes for addictive reading. The chapters on the city's tumultuous early days are top-rate urban history, yet Alexiou hits her stride in describing the 19th century, when the Bowery was 'America's center of sin.' Astutely written and smartly researched, this is a fascinating micro-take on New York's cycle of boom and bust. --Publisher's Weekly New York historian Alexiou enlivens the street's history with insightful portraits of the street's denizens. A very valuable addition to any urban-history collection. --Booklist (starred review) A lively portrait of New York's 'other street'...New York buffs, especially those nostalgic for a grittier time, will find this a learned pleasure. --Kirkus Reviews With the Bowery as the common thread binding together centuries of stories, Devil's Mile introduces us to the wide-ranging cast of characters--among them functionaries, farmers, artists and toughs--responsible for making Bowery history, then and now. --Kerri Culhane, architectural and urban historian and author, The Bowery National Register of Historic Places Nomination Devil's Mile is a terrific read. Alice Sparberg Alexiou knows her history, and she brings it all brimming to life here in the story of the Bowery, the most notorious street America. --Kevin Baker, author of The Big Crowd It's a great pleasure to have this detailed and fascinating history of New York's most notorious avenue, the Bowery. --Jim Jarmusch, filmmaker, musician

A lively portrait of New York's 'other street'...New York buffs, especially those nostalgic for a grittier time, will find this a learned pleasure. --Kirkus Reviews With the Bowery as the common thread binding together centuries of stories, Devil's Mile introduces us to the wide-ranging cast of characters--among them functionaries, farmers, artists and toughs--responsible for making Bowery history, then and now. --Kerri Culhane, architectural and urban historian and author, The Bowery National Register of Historic Places Nomination Devil's Mile is a terrific read. Alice Sparberg Alexiou knows her history, and she brings it all brimming to life here in the story of the Bowery, the most notorious street America. --Kevin Baker, author of The Big Crowd It's a great pleasure to have this detailed and fascinating history of New York's most notorious avenue, the Bowery. --Jim Jarmusch, filmmaker, musician

Walks readers through the cultural history of the Bowery--from creation to its vanishing remnants that remain today. --am New York Alice Sparberg Alexiou makes us miss the Bowery-- more than we ever knew we could. --The NY Journal of Books This anecdote-laden urban history of New York City's Bowery by Alexiou makes for addictive reading. The chapters on the city's tumultuous early days are top-rate urban history, yet Alexiou hits her stride in describing the 19th century, when the Bowery was 'America's center of sin.' Astutely written and smartly researched, this is a fascinating micro-take on New York's cycle of boom and bust. --Publisher's Weekly New York historian Alexiou enlivens the street's history with insightful portraits of the street's denizens. A very valuable addition to any urban-history collection. --Booklist (starred review) A lively portrait of New York's 'other street'...New York buffs, especially those nostalgic for a grittier time, will find this a learned pleasure. --Kirkus Reviews With the Bowery as the common thread binding together centuries of stories, Devil's Mile introduces us to the wide-ranging cast of characters--among them functionaries, farmers, artists and toughs--responsible for making Bowery history, then and now. --Kerri Culhane, architectural and urban historian and author, The Bowery National Register of Historic Places Nomination Devil's Mile is a terrific read. Alice Sparberg Alexiou knows her history, and she brings it all brimming to life here in the story of the Bowery, the most notorious street America. --Kevin Baker, author of The Big Crowd It's a great pleasure to have this detailed and fascinating history of New York's most notorious avenue, the Bowery. --Jim Jarmusch, filmmaker, musician

With the Bowery as the common thread binding together centuries of stories, Devil's Mile introduces us to the wide-ranging cast of characters--among them functionaries, farmers, artists and toughs--responsible for making Bowery history, then and now. --Kerri Culhane, architectural and urban historian and author, The Bowery National Register of Historic Places Nomination Devil's Mile is a terrific read. Alice Sparberg Alexiou knows her history, and she brings it all brimming to life here in the story of the Bowery, the most notorious street America. --Kevin Baker, author of The Big Crowd

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ALICE SPARBERG ALEXIOU is the author of Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary and The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It. She is a contributing editor at Lilith magazine and she blogs for the Gotham Center. She is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has a Ph.D. in classics from Fordham University. She lives in New York.

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