About: Allison
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- Resident Historian Allison B. Siegel focuses on 18th through the mid-20th century New York City. She has collaborated on several National Register nominations and is, at this point, more than mildly obsessed with all things history including hauntings. As an urban historian, Allison can be found exploring and documenting buildings wherever she goes making it very hard to walk down the street with her. A pirate preservationist, our ghost of neighborhoods' past, LES and Allison? Like tenement brick and mortar. Her roots here date back to the early 19th century. She was born and currently resides in Manhattan.
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Latest Story by Allison:
![Exclusive: Dismantling MOSCOT’s 118 Orchard Store [PHOTOS]](http://cdn01.boweryboogie.com/content/uploads/2012/07/Hyman_Moscot_94_Rivington-Street_1934-610x390.jpg)
Exclusive: Dismantling MOSCOT’s 118 Orchard Store [PHOTOS]
Ahead of the much-anticipated move across Delancey to 108 Orchard, a story we first broke, the Boogie was given exclusive access to photograph the flagship store before and after the dismantlement.
More Stories From Allison:
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VOTE UR NY & BOOGIE for the History Tribute Fence on Delancey!
Vote for us NOW! We’ve teamed up with UR NEW YORK to create a jaw-dropping collab telling the tale of ABC NO RIO and the Lower East Side. Your vote will bring the mural to life on Delancey Street as part of [...]
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NYC Graffiti Origins: Mike “2ESAE” Baca & Fernando “Ski” Romero
On January 1, 2006, councilmembers in NYC attempted to make it illegal for persons under the age of 21 to possess spray paint or permanent markers. I've been carrying sharpies with me since I was 12.
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![[Photo: Allison B. SIegel]](http://cdn01.boweryboogie.com/content/uploads/2013/02/photo-290x218.jpg)
1940s-Era Queens Midtown Tunnel Signage Still Intact
Look what I found the other day. With some time to spare before I had to be somewhere, I decided to venture from a usual route. This little adventure landed me on the “Tunnel Exit” street between 34th [...]
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![Revisiting the ‘Big Burial Man’ of 139-141 Ludlow Street [PHOTOS]](http://cdn01.boweryboogie.com/content/uploads/2013/01/139-ludlow-doors-290x218.jpg)
Revisiting the ‘Big Burial Man’ of 139-141 Ludlow Street [PHOTOS]
This. Is. Incredible. A firsthand look at the interior of everyone's favorite Lower East Side building!
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From the Fillmore to the Beacon: The Allman Brothers Band
Remember that Boogie back to the Fillmore East? On June 27, 1971, after arguably the most influential three years in the history of rock n roll, the Fillmore East took its last bow. This comparably small concert [...]
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The Petition to Save Beth Hamedrash Hagodol on Norfolk Street
Neighborhood activists Friends of the Lower East Side just started an online petition to help save this remarkable 163-year-old building.
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![[Wikipedia] ( I don't normally use Wiki, but this map shows the ferry route)](http://cdn01.boweryboogie.com/content/uploads/2013/02/big-290x218.jpg)
Street Beat: Grand Street and Its Long Lost Ferry
Before bridges and tunnels, before Williamsburg lost its "h" and had a bridge eponymously named, there was a ferry.
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![[The Real Deal: 347 Madison]](http://cdn01.boweryboogie.com/content/uploads/2013/02/The-Real-Deal-347-Madison-290x218.jpg)
The New York Post Decries “Preservation Fools”
Do you folks know what this city would look like without preservation?
