Whitney McNamara

"This place is incredible, and David is a sweet guy."

"The last known opium den in New York City -- which was raided and shut down on June 28 1957 -- was a second-floor tenement apartment at 295 Broome Street."

"A hub for the Beat Generation in the early '60s. The Fugs first performances were here, and patrons included Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, and Odetta."

"The Digger Free Store operated in 1967-68. As the name suggests, everything in the store was free. Asked why they were doing this, the founders replied with the enigmatic Digger motto: "Diggers do.""

"Bandit's Roost was the designation for an alley at 59 1/2 Mulberry Street, notorious in the late 19th century as the center of an area indisputably controlled by criminal gangs."

"In the late 1880s, the Black & Tan was one of the first saloons to cater to New Yorkers of all races. The establishment was violent enough that bartenders were armed with long dirks and bludgeons."