Doyers Street, Chinatown, New York City

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Doyers Street. Chinatown, New York City.

At only around 200 feet long, Doyers Street runs from Pell Street to Chatham Square.

In the early 20th century the curve in the street was known as “the Bloody Angle” because of a plethora of violent acts carried out by Chinatown gangs. The expression ‘hatchet man’ is said to have come from this era and these violent acts which often included hatchets.

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  1. kimberlyrenee photography 21 months ago | reply

    Great shot! Definitely one of my new favorites!!!
    Congratulations on Explore!

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  2. FlipMode79 21 months ago | reply

    Lovely Light & Shadowplay : )

    Via Today's Explore at #5 on Fluidr

  3. ...arpi... 21 months ago | reply

    beautiful composition

  4. martinturner 21 months ago | reply

    Gorgeous shot. I really love your chosen composition. The colour and tones are really complimentary to the subject.

    Via yesterday's Explore at #3 on Fluidr

  5. josche 21 months ago | reply

    Amazing shot!!
    FAVED

  6. roeyahram 21 months ago | reply

    Great lighting

  7. Vivienne Gucwa 21 months ago | reply

    Roey, I looked for you last night but I think you left already? I got there around 8. I was sad, I wanted to meet you! I think I ended up meeting and talking (very briefly) to the other artists. So many people!

  8. Keno Zache 21 months ago | reply

    awesome light!

  9. Rich Byham 21 months ago | reply

    Excellent shot!

  10. O1e9 21 months ago | reply

    Awesome shot! Great processing!

  11. ZinBoy 21 months ago | reply

    Love the shadows of the fire escapes!

  12. Luciano G55 21 months ago | reply

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  13. PONGAMMART 21 months ago | reply

    beautiful light and shadow

  14. Josie Simonet 20 months ago | reply

    Is the the street where apotheke is on?

  15. MrSHIZ [deleted] 20 months ago | reply

    cool

  16. Keith Gooderham @ Greenshoots Photography 20 months ago | reply

    Agreat street scene and so different to anything that you would ever see in the UK, in fact it could only be one of the big US cities? Great colours and shades.

  17. Monica Forss 15 months ago | reply

    This is a great shot!

    Please post it to the Magnum Showcase group.

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