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Five Points (or The Five Points) was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Mar 7, 2021 · Learn about the factors that contributed to the Five Points becoming the most notorious neighborhood in 1800s New York City.
Feb 2, 2023 · The 19th-century Lower Manhattan neighborhood known as Five Points was notorious. With the rise of cheap tabloid newspapers, stories describing the area's alleged vice, perversion, and violence sold well and spread around the world. The stories didn't come from nowhere.
Aug 20, 2023 · The notorious 19th century slum was razed and redeveloped into modern day Chinatown and Civic Center in Manhattan. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the history of Five Points and how it gained notoriety as a dangerous, impoverished area in lower Manhattan.
Apr 22, 2019 · The Five Points was an NYC neighborhood famed for its violence and debauchery. Read more about the Five Points on StreetEasy's One Block Over.
Nov 30, 2017 · Five Points was a place where life was short and violent, where race riots would regularly break out, and where diseases spread like wildfire. It was a place of thieves, brothels, and intense poverty – and the place where the original gangs of New York were formed.
Jul 1, 2022 · Today, Chinatown, Civic Center, and the Lower East Side offer a variety of enticing attractions: delicious restaurants, tours of City Hall, and a thriving nightlife scene bring thousands of people to Lower Manhattan each year. But in the 19th century, this area—then known as the Five Points neighborhood—was considered to be a crime-ridden ...
Nov 7, 2001 · It's called Five Points: The Nineteenth Century New York Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became The World's Most Notorious Slum.
Oct 14, 2021 · The city has installed a sign at Baxter and Worth Streets in Lower Manhattan, marking the exact location of the original Five Points, a notorious 19th-century slum that was home to a diverse...
Explore the Five Points neighborhood in Denver. Once a stop for jazz greats, it still hums with coffeehouses, museums, taprooms, festivals and soul food & BBQ.
