The term "the Bowery" has become synonymous with the term "skid row" and they are often used interchangeably in many sections of the United States. Also, skid row residents elsewhere are often referred to as "Bowery bums" .
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The name, Municipal Lodging House, is misleading because lodging is no longer offered there. Men in need of lodging may obtain "city tickets" which entitle them to stay at certain lodging houses at the city's expense. Services still offered at the Municipal Lodging House include meals, rehabilitation, and a reading room.
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Andersen, Nels, 1923: The hobo: the sociology of the homeless manChicago: The University of Chicago Press .
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Bahr. Howard M., and Langfur, Stephen J., 1967: "Social attachment and drinking in skid row life histories", Social Problems14: 464-472.
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Bahr, Howard M..1967: "The gradual disappearance of skid row", Social Problems15: 41-45.
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Bendiner, Elmer, 1961: The bowery manNew York: Thomas Nelson and Sons.
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—, 1962: "Immovable obstacles in the way of a new bowery", The New York Times Magazine (January 21, 1962) 21.
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Blumberg, Leonard, 1966: "The development, major goals, and strategies of a skid row program", Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol27: 242-258.
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Bogue, Donald, 1963: Skid row in American cities. Chicago : Community and Family Study Center, Univesrity of Chicago.
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Burks. Edward, 1971: "Neighborhoods: derelicts plagueing Penn Station area ", The New York Times (September 29. 1971) 35.
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Dunham, Warren H., 1953: Homeless men and their habitatsDetroit : Wayne University.
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Levinson, Boris.1963: "The homeless man: a psychological engima", Mental Hygiene47: 590-602.
