Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York
Fritz Meyer American
Not on view
The watercolor shows the Interior of a large entertainment center that stood at 45 Bowery, New York, designed by Henry Hoffmann. Oval in shape, the large open center walit from above by glass skylights and surrounded by an arcade of slender columns, with a balcony around the second floor. New York's beer gardens were built to accomodate German immigrants, with families and children gathering there on Saturday afternoons and Sunday evenings to eat, socialize, sing and drink beer. Beer gardens were found in German American neighborhoods in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken, Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, some large enought to hold one thousand visitors.
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