the Bowery
/ðə ˈbaʊəri/
/ðə ˈbaʊəri/
- an area of south-east Manhattan in New York City. Until the 1990s it was known as a poor area with many homeless people but also as a centre for young musicians. One of the streets there is also called the Bowery.
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