Landmarks

Name: Walking Tour: 400 Years on The Bowery
Start: 2026-05-31T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-31T13:00:00+00:00

May 2026
Celebrate the landmarking of the Church of St. Mary and the parish’s 200th Anniversary!

Wednesday May 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Church of St Mary 440 Grand Street, New York, NY

Organized by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative On April 7, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Church of St. Mary on Grand Street an Individual Landmark. In addition, the parish of St. Mary, founded in May 1826, will mark its 200th anniversary, including 193 uninterrupted years at the historic church on Grand […]

Free
Walking Tour: 400 Years on The Bowery

Sunday May 31 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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 […]