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        1,000 years of Lower East Side History Walking Tour

        May 14 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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        Lower East Side History Project

        The “1,000 years of Lower East Side History” walking tour, offered exclusively for Lower East Side History Month, goes off the beaten path, exploring districts and aspects of our neighborhood most excursions overlook. Sure, we’ll discuss the tenements and immigrant experience, but we’ll go beyond the familiar narrative and cover a thousand years of important history; from Native Americans to modern-day gentrification.

        Utilizing generations of insight, rare maps, photos, documents, articles and oral histories not found elsewhere, LESHP digs deep into the neighborhood’s forgotten history.

        VISITED ON TOUR:
        Sites of Native American villages and trails
        The notorious Five Points, former Irish and African enclave
        Former Italian and Jewish immigrant/tenement districts
        Chinatown
        Historic churches, theaters, restaurants, shops
        Popular landmarks and sites of interest


        DISCUSSED ON TOUR:
        European colonization
        British occupation and the Revolutionary War
        Evolution of NYC from farmland to center of international trade & commerce
        Truth about the movie, “Gangs of New York”
        How the Lower East Side evolved into a renown tenement district
        Various ethnic populations and influences
        Tenement life
        Changes presently affecting the Lower East Side and New York City
        And much more!

        Meet at Foley Square. See website for specific location and to RSVP.

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        Date:
        May 14
        Time:
        1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
        Event Category:
        LES History Month
        Event Tags:
        LES History Month, Walking Tour
        Website:
        https://www.leshp.org/1000-years-of-lower-east-side-history-walking-tour/
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