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[[File:Scene from "Hobohemia", 1919.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A scene from Sinclair Lewis's 1919 play ''Hobohemia'']] |
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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"<ref name="West Madison Stem">{{cite web|url=https://maxwellhalsted.uic.edu/home/immigrants-in-chicago/hobohemia/index.html|title=Hobohemia West Madison Street|publisher=[[University of Illinois Chicago]]}}</ref> (Madison Street west of downtown) which was known as "skid road" and home to thousands of transient men and women, and [[Ben Reitman]]'s [[Hobo College]].<ref name="Ben Reitman Hobo College">{{cite web |url=https://daily.jstor.org/the-hobo-college-of-hobohemia/|first=Livia|last=Gershon|title=The Hobo College of Hobohemia|date=May 16, 2019|work=[[JSTOR Daily]]}}</ref> In [[New York City]] it was the neighbourhood of the [[Bowery]], and [[Greenwich Village]].<ref name=CiS>{{cite book|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"<ref name="West Madison Stem">{{cite web|url=https://maxwellhalsted.uic.edu/home/immigrants-in-chicago/hobohemia/index.html|title=Hobohemia West Madison Street|publisher=[[University of Illinois Chicago]]}}</ref> (Madison Street west of downtown) which was known as "skid road" and home to thousands of transient men and women, and [[Ben Reitman]]'s [[Hobo College]].<ref name="Ben Reitman Hobo College">{{cite web |url=https://daily.jstor.org/the-hobo-college-of-hobohemia/|first=Livia|last=Gershon|title=The Hobo College of Hobohemia|date=May 16, 2019|work=[[JSTOR Daily]]}}</ref> In [[New York City]] it was the neighbourhood of the [[Bowery]], and [[Greenwich Village]].<ref name=CiS>{{cite book|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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In reference to hobohemia culture, the distinction was made "A hobo works and wanders, a tramp dreams and wanders, and a bum drinks and doesn't wander."<ref name="Hobo, Tramp or Bum?">{{cite web|url=https://rjmeyerarts.com/2018/02/10/the-hobo-tramp-or-bum/|title=Hobo, Tramp or Bum?|publisher=[[Randy & Joyce Meyer]]}}</ref> This was often credited to Dr. [[Ben Reitman]] but the original author of the quote is controversial and usually accredited to "unknown" or anonymous. |
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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 14:57, 1 January 2023
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"[1] (Madison Street west of downtown) which was known as "skid road" and home to thousands of transient men and women, and Ben Reitman's Hobo College.[2] In New York City it was the neighbourhood of the Bowery, and Greenwich Village.[3] 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.[4]
In reference to hobohemia culture, the distinction was made "A hobo works and wanders, a tramp dreams and wanders, and a bum drinks and doesn't wander."[5] This was often credited to Dr. Ben Reitman but the original author of the quote is controversial and usually accredited to "unknown" or anonymous.
A reference appears in the Rodgers and Hart song The Lady is a Tramp: "My Hobohemia is the place to be."[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Hobohemia West Madison Street". University of Illinois Chicago.
- ^ Gershon, Livia (May 16, 2019). "The Hobo College of Hobohemia". JSTOR Daily.
- ^ a b Irving Lewis Allen (1995-02-23). The City in Slang. ISBN 9780195357769.
- ^ John Corbin (1919). "Drama". New York Times.
- ^ "Hobo, Tramp or Bum?". Randy & Joyce Meyer.
Further reading
- Beck, Frank O. (1956). Hobohemia. Richard R. Smith.