227 Bowery

  • White Tops NYC to Paint Bowery Mission Rooftop

    White Tops NYC to Paint Bowery Mission Rooftop

    If the White Tops NYC non-profit has its way, those lovely days of lounging at tar beach will fade with the summer haze.  In a nutshell, the nascent startup (launched January 2010) aims to paint rooftops white in [...]

  • History Hunt – Week 6 Answered

    History Hunt – Week 6 Answered

    And we have a winner for week 7 of our History Hunt contest, sponsored by the Tenement Museum.  Paul Singh, come on down! You’ve won a ticket to a free museum tour.  The correct answer is the Bowery Mission [...]

  • Felix Morelo Brings His Faces to the Bowery

    Felix Morelo Brings His Faces to the Bowery

    While strolling the Bowery yesterday morning, we came across a hopscotch matrix of faces chalked on the sidewalk outside the Bowery Mission.  Spanning nearly half the concrete between Rivington and Stanton, the [...]

  • Bowery Mission Chapel Celebrates 100 Years

    Bowery Mission Chapel Celebrates 100 Years

    Tonight, the Bowery Mission will continue celebrating the 100th anniversary of its chapel at 227 Bowery!  Our good friends at the Lower East Side History Project sent along the following event information: The [...]