William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-18-15
The Hell’s Kitchen section of New York City was named by Davy Crockett.
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William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-18-15
The Hell’s Kitchen section of New York City was named by Davy Crockett.
The earliest use of the phrase is actually attributed to American Frontiersman Davy Crocket, in a comment he made about the Irish slum in Manhattan, known Five Points:
According to Davey Crocket who said:
“In my part of the country, when you meet an Irishman, you find a first-rate gentleman; but these are worse than savages; they are too mean to swab hell’s kitchen.”
Although Five Points was located in a different area of Manhattan than Hell’s Kitchen, the theory goes that the moniker stuck to and followed all Irish slums in the city, wherever they ended up.