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Katz’s Delicatessen
205 East Houston Street

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Historic Dining
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New York City is full of interesting eateries that have been around for decades, centuries, even! In this collection, we'll give you the inside scoop on where to grab a bite. Here's our guide to New York's historical restaurants.
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Katz’s Delicatessen
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205 East Houston Street, ca. 1975. Ludlow Street façade of Katz's Delicatessen, 205 East Houston Street. In 1888, the Iceland brothers established what is now known as Katz’s Delicatessen on the east side of Ludlow Street, opposite its present location. Upon the arrival of Willy Katz in 1903, the establishment's name was changed from Iceland Brothers to Iceland & Katz, and later to just Katz's when the Icelands sold their share. Katz’s moved to the west side of Ludlow Street during the mid-1930s, due to construction of the Houston-Essex Street Line segment of the IND Sixth Avenue Line subway.
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Essential New York: Lower East Side
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The Lower East Side, traditionally an immigrant, working-class neighborhood with a rich Jewish history, has in recent years experienced rapid gentrification. Despite A LOT of changes, many of the neighborhood's diverse local landmarks have survived into the 21st century.
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The Workers Circle picnic for social justice
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This photo is of Workmen’s Circle Branch 1 at a picnic for social justice at Brooklyn’s Ulmer Park. It ran in the Forward in July of 1931. The local socialist party hosted annual picnics every summer since 1900 to help start the Socialist Party's campaigns. By the time this photo was taken, the picnic had been a yearly tradition for three decades.
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Keeping Kosher
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As the center of New York’s Jewish immigrant communities, the Lower East Side was home to numerous Jewish-owned businesses, none more prominent than its many Kosher eateries, delicatessens, and grocers. Check out the handful of famous establishments that still serve food the old-fashioned way.
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New York On The Silver Screen
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While New York is the setting of an enormous amount of films, some scenes define a space and some spaces define a scene. Either way, they happened in New York. 🎬
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How Houston Happened
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Houston Street — that's HOW-stun, for the first-time visitors — has seen many changes since it was mapped as the southern boundary of Manhattan's famous street grid under the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. In fact, the 1811 plan was the first time the street, named for William Houstoun, was spelled "Houston." The misspelling stuck. Houstoun was the Georgia-born son of Sir Patrick Houstoun, a Scottish aristocrat and member of the state's colonial Government. The younger Houstoun represented Georgia at the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention of 1787, where he met Mary Bayard, of the prominent Manhattan family, whom he married in 1788. The original segment of Houstoun's namesake street was part of the Bayard family's property. Over the ensuing decades, Houston was merged with neighboring thoroughfares (North Street on the east side; Hammersley Street on the west) until it spanned the breadth of the entire island. This walk covers the tumultuous early decades of the 20th century, when subway construction and increased automobile traffic molded Houston into its current form. Let's take a look!
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NY Loves Moms
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You submitted, and we rounded up our faves! Here are some spectacular shots of moms in NYC throughout the years. Happy Mother's Day!

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196 Orchard Street

Nuts and raisins stand located near 196 Orchard Street, New York.
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181 Ludlow Street

Manhattan: Ludlow Street - Houston Street (East) 183 and 181 Ludlow Street, adjoining and south of the S.W. corner of East Houston Street (an empty lot), as seen from a clearance on the east side of the street. No. 181, is a 7-story factory building. Also shown are the rears of 5-story buildings (right to left), facing on Orchard Street, and bearing Nos. 200 to 196. March 13, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
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196 Orchard Street

Bread stand at 196 Orchard Street, New York.
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181 Ludlow Street

Synagogue signs in seven story loft building at 181 Ludlow Street, New York.
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Katz’s Delicatessen

\[Ludlow Street façade of Katz's Delicatessen, 205 East Houston Street.]
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