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Baxter Street (other)
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Baxter Street may refer to: * Baxter Street (Manhattan) on the Lower East Side, New York City, New York, U.S. * Baxter Street Dudes, c. 1870s street gang in New York City * Baxter Street Historic District in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. * Baxter Street School in Athens, Georgia, U.S. See also * Baxter (other) * Baxter House (other) Baxter House may refer to the following places in the United States (listed by state, then city): * Baxter House (Pueblo, Colorado), List of RHPs in CO, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Colorado * Barlow Baxter House, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter Street (Manhattan)
Baxter Street ( zh, s=巴士特街, p=bāshìtè jiē) is a narrow thoroughfare that runs in a north–south direction in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It lies between Mulberry Street and Centre Street. It runs through Little Italy and the edge of Chinatown. Today, it runs one-way southbound from Grand Street to Hogan Place, and one-way northbound for its southernmost block from Worth Street to Hogan Place. Originally named Orange Street, Baxter Street was famous as the primary street forming the notorious Five Points intersection (originally a regular corner of Orange and Cross Streets, and then, Anthony Street, which was later renamed Worth Street, was cut through to the intersection in 1817, bisecting one of the four corners into two, so that the resulting junction consisted of five 'points' on a map). The street is named after Lt. Colonel Charles Baxter, a hero of the Mexican War who was killed in Chapultepec in 1849. History of alignment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter Street Dudes
The Baxter Street Dudes was a New York City teenage street gang, consisting of former newsboys and bootblacks, who ran the Grand Duke's Theatre from the basement of a dive bar on Baxter Street (Manhattan), Baxter Street in Manhattan during the 1870s. Led by founder Baby-Face Willie, gang members operated the Grand Duke's Theatre and established the venue as their headquarters. Members of the Baxter Street Dudes wrote and performed Play (theatre), plays, Musical theatre, musicals and variety shows which were enjoyed by other street toughs and slummers throughout the city.Maffi, Mario. ''Gateway To The Promised Land: Ethnic cultures of New York's Lower East Side''. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1994. (pg. 90) The theater house eventually became a popular underworld hangout, from which the gang found financial success. History When Grand Duke's Theatre was at its peak, many movements occurring across the United States influenced the organization's ability to function. In the post-war perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter Street Historic District
The Baxter Street Historic District is a residential historic district roughly at 19-34 Baxter Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It encompasses an enclave of four duplex worker housing units of a type called the "Quincy Cottage", which were built in the 1880s for workers in a locally important shoe manufacturing company. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history Baxter Street is located in a densely-built residential area east of Quincy Center, south of Washington Street and east of Revere Street. It was laid out on a farm previously owned by Josiah Baxter. John E. Drake established a shoe factory a short way east of these houses in the 1870s (near the corner of Parmenter Place), and was employing 250 workers by the 1880s. He built the four duplexes in this district in the 1880s to provide residential space for some of his workers. The four duplexes are all wood-frame structures, of a type called a "Quincy Cottage" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter Street School
The Baxter Street School was a public school founded in 1886 in Athens, Georgia Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an Research I university, ..., United States. It was initially the first African American public school in the city of Athens; and seven years after opening it was remodeled and became a segregated white school. History From 1886 until 1893, it operated as the first segregated public school for African American students in Athens. The same year in 1886, Washington Street School (formerly the Market Street School) in Athens was opened for white students. The Baxter Street School was a two story brick school building and it had 10-rooms. In 1890, A.J. Carey was made principal; and by 1896, Annie Linton was made principal. After 1893, the Baxter Street School was remodeled and use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter (other)
Baxter may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * Baxter Building, in the Marvel Comics universe * Baxter Stockman, in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' * Baxter, a character in the animated web series ''Hazbin Hotel'' * Mr Baxter, a character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' Film and television * ''Baxter!'', a 1973 British film starring Britt Ekland * ''Baxter'' (film), a 1989 French horror film featuring a thinking dog named "Baxter" * ''The Baxter'', a 2005 romantic comedy * ''The Baxters'', a TV sitcom 1979–1981 * ''Baxter'' (TV series), 2010–2011 * ''The Baxters'' (2024 TV series) Music * Baxter (electronica band), a Swedish electronica band ** ''Baxter'' (1998 album) * Baxter (punk band), an American post-hardcore band, and the name of their first album as well as their 2003 compilation album * ''Baxter'', a 2000 album in which various New Zealand musicians set 12 of James K. Baxter's poems to music Businesses and organizations * Baxters, a Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
