Bowery Barroom color-blue called The Comet Theater

called The Comet Theater

they look as if they're moving but the absence of drivers makes you slow down and take a second look

In its prime

and quandary

Bowery Barroom color-blue called The Comet TheaterBrass railed mahogany saloons, backed by mirrors and filled with men drinking away their sorrows, were fixtures for decades in New York, including at this Bowery water hole at the turn of the century. Things started to change in 1933, however, with a ruling that began to limit bars from being havens for just men. The Times reported that New York State's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ruled that bars should be "integral" parts of the restaurant which