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'''Hobohemia''' is a low rent district in a city where artistic [[Bohemianism|bohemian]]s and the down-and-outs or [[hobo]]s mix. In Chicago from the turn of the century to circa 1940s this was [[Tower Town]] and the area often known as "The West Madison Stem" (Madison street west of downtown) which was known as "skid road" and home to literally thousands of transient men and women, and Dr. [[Ben Reitman]]'s Hobo College. In [[New York City]] it was the neighbourhood of the [[Bowery]], and [[Greenwich Village]].<ref name=CiS>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA142 |title=The City in Slang |author=Irving Lewis Allen|isbn=9780195357769 |date=1995-02-23 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Corbin">{{cite news |last1=[[John Corbin]] |title=Drama |work=New York Times |date=1919}}</ref> |
'''Hobohemia''' is a low rent district in a city where artistic [[Bohemianism|bohemian]]s and the down-and-outs or [[hobo]]s mix. In Chicago from the turn of the century to circa 1940s this was [[Tower Town]] and the area often known as "The West Madison Stem" (Madison street west of downtown) which was known as "skid road" and home to literally thousands of transient men and women, and Dr. [[Ben Reitman]]'s Hobo College.<ref name="Ben Reitman Hobo College">{{citation |url=https://daily.jstor.org/the-hobo-college-of-hobohemia/}} |title=Hobo Colleges</ref> In [[New York City]] it was the neighbourhood of the [[Bowery]], and [[Greenwich Village]].<ref name=CiS>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j41z0yeKbeIC&pg=PA142 |title=The City in Slang |author=Irving Lewis Allen|isbn=9780195357769 |date=1995-02-23 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Corbin">{{cite news |last1=[[John Corbin]] |title=Drama |work=New York Times |date=1919}}</ref> |
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A reference appears in the [[Rodgers and Hart]] song [[The Lady is a Tramp]]: "My Hobohemia is the place to be."<ref name=CiS/> |
A reference appears in the [[Rodgers and Hart]] song [[The Lady is a Tramp]]: "My Hobohemia is the place to be."<ref name=CiS/> |
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Revision as of 19:43, 1 December 2022
Hobohemia is a low rent district in a city where artistic bohemians and the down-and-outs or hobos mix. In Chicago from the turn of the century to circa 1940s this was Tower Town and the area often known as "The West Madison Stem" (Madison street west of downtown) which was known as "skid road" and home to literally thousands of transient men and women, and Dr. Ben Reitman's Hobo College.[1] In New York City it was the neighbourhood of the Bowery, and Greenwich Village.[2] 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.[3]
A reference appears in the Rodgers and Hart song The Lady is a Tramp: "My Hobohemia is the place to be."[2]
See also
References
- ^ https://daily.jstor.org/the-hobo-college-of-hobohemia/
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) |title=Hobo Colleges - ^ a b Irving Lewis Allen (1995-02-23), The City in Slang, ISBN 9780195357769
- ^ John Corbin (1919). "Drama". New York Times.