Hobohemia

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Hobohemia is a low rent district in a city where artistic bohemians and the down-and-outs or hobos mix. In Chicago this was Tower Town while in New York City it was the neighbourhood of the Bowery and Greenwich Village.[1] It was the title of a short story by Sinclair Lewis originally published in The Saturday Evening Post, which Lewis subsequently reworked into a three act comedy which was first performed at the Greenwich Village Theatre in 1919.[2]

A reference appears in the Rodgers and Hart song The Lady is a Tramp: "My Hobohemia is the place to be."[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Irving Lewis Allen (1995-02-23), The City in Slang, ISBN 9780195357769
  2. ^ John Corbin (1919). "Drama". New York Times.
  • HOBOHEMIA Tracks: K. M. Tolan, ISBN 978-1771551007
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