This is a crash course in East Village/Lower East Side history. From the farmlands of the 1600s and the wealthy estates of the 1700s, to immigration, tenements, the "melting pot" and how the East Village became a haven for artists and counter-culturalists in the 20th century (and everything in between.)
When: Every Wednesday & Saturday at 12:00pm
Reservations: Not Required, you can pay your guide
Fee: $20 General Admission / $15 LESpass Members
Meet: in front of Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery
between Bleecker St & East Houston St
Subway: F train to "2nd Ave/Lower East Side" or 6 train to Bleecker St
For more info: (347) 465-7767
Official Website: http://www.leshp.org/tours/tour-descriptions/54-east-village-walking-tour
Added by East Village History Project on November 8, 2010