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 […]
Organized by Bowery Alliance of Neighbors Originally a Native American footpath and Dutch farm road, the Bowery was the city’s first entertainment district and “cradle of American popular culture.” It has seminal links to tap dance, vaudeville, Yiddish theater, Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, baseball, modern tattooing, and Harry Houdini. The stomping ground for sailors, shopgirls, gangs, gays, grifters […]
Organized by The Ukrainian Museum Discover the soul of Little Ukraine! Join us for a captivating stroll through one of the most culturally rich pockets of New York’s East Village. The vibrant neighborhood known as Little Ukraine was once home to 60,000 inhabitants of Ukrainian heritage after WWII, and it still pulses with history, flavor, […]
