{"id":179660,"date":"2026-03-30T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/179660\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:55:13","slug":"hells-kitchen-is-a-hub-for-artists-so-i-feel-right-at-home-dancer-olivia-bowman-jacksons-west-side-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/179660\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHell\u2019s Kitchen is a Hub for Artists, So I Feel Right at Home\u201d \u2014 Dancer Olivia Bowman-Jackson\u2019s West Side Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dancer and dance instructor Olivia Bowman-Jackson grew up in Brooklyn and travelled widely through her work \u2014 but now calls Manhattan Plaza home. This is Olivia\u2019s West Side Story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260319_w42ndst_west-side-stories_Olivia-Bowman_jorge.corona_109.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136313\"\/>Olivia Bowman, a dancer and dance instructor, walking around her favorite places in Hell\u2019s Kitchen, NYC.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s your New York story? Born here, or just arrived?<br \/>I grew up in Brooklyn, in Starrett City \u2014 a true melting pot and a neighborhood that had everything within it: schools, banks, stores, restaurants, a community center, parks, and handball and basketball courts in every section. It really felt like its own little world.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Catie Savage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Catie-Savage-80x80.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a Hell&#8217;s Kitchen resident since 2005, I have lived in both the W30s and W50s. After a 15 year career in the luxury fashion industry, I made a pivot to community advocacy in 2020. In addition to my role as Deputy Editor at W42ST, I am founder of the local non-profit cleanup group Litter Legion, co-chair of HK49-54 Block Alliance and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. I\u2019m deeply committed to improving my neighborhood and serving the people who call it home.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Catie Savage\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dancer and dance instructor Olivia Bowman-Jackson grew up in Brooklyn and travelled widely through her work \u2014 but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-179660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}