Organized by The Tenement Museum Get a taste of tenement history! Explore over 150 years of Lower East Side history through the stories of immigrant and migrant communities and the unique food cultures that defined life in the neighborhood. Together with a Museum Educator, examine ways in which tenement residents both preserved and adapted the […]
Organized by New York Marble Cemetery The New York Marble Cemetery, established in 1830, is the oldest public non-denominational cemetery in the city. This small garden is hidden in the interior of the block, accessible through two sets of iron gates, via a 100-foot private alley. Surrounded by 12-foot Tuckahoe marble walls, it is only […]
Organized by The Tenement Museum Join a Museum educator as they guide you on an outdoor walking tour of the Lower East Side to reveal the unique stories that buildings can tell. Over the neighborhood’s history, many different communities have lived, worked and played here––and just as many communities have had ideas about what the […]
Organized by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) with The Clemente On View: May 1 – June 30 Where: Banner Exhibition on the outdoor Clemente building fence, on the corner of Rivington St. and Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002 Organized by: Lower East Side Preservation Initiative — LESPI Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2 @ […]
Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed! Meet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C, 9th & 10th St Tours need three people to run – and almost always do. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats, gardens, riots, […]
Organized by New York Marble Cemetery The New York Marble Cemetery, established in 1830, is the oldest public non-denominational cemetery in the city. This small garden is hidden in the interior of the block, accessible through two sets of iron gates, via a 100-foot private alley. Surrounded by 12-foot Tuckahoe marble walls, it is only […]
Organized by City Lore with Bronx Music Heritage Center “It’s a twofer: at 2pm Jennifer Young and Elissa Sampson will speak about three feminist figures pivotal to the founding of the IWO’s interracial left and the new lessons that can be learned from the Old Left. Our panel, with the incredible Jenny Romaine, will dive […]
Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed! Meet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C, 9th & 10th St Tours need three people to run – and almost always do. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats, gardens, riots, […]
Organized by The Tenement Museum Public and neighborhood spaces have always been part of New Yorkers daily lives, offering community beyond the walls of home. On this walking tour, we’ll look at how Lower East Siders shaped and were shaped by their neighborhood over the 19th and early 20th Centuries. From stores to parks, movie theaters to schools, discover how these spaces became important centers for navigating identity, advocacy, and cultural exchange. This tour discusses the people and […]
Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street Stroll through the neighborhood’s 100-year-old history! A century ago, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled, prayed, played, worked, shopped, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today, there are signs of the past hidden […]