Exploring the East Village, its Community Gardens and Immigrant History

This tour is a repeat of our East Village Tour scheduled for Saturday, June 13th to provide another option as there is a very long waiting list.

Priority given to those on the waiting list for June 13th. Second priority for those on the going list for June 13th who wish to switch.
Contact me via email at hankorenstein@gmail with your request.

Registration will open on Wednesday, May 20th at 8pm. Prior to that I will manually add waiting list people for June 13th. Additional space is set aside for new group members, first timers and 2nd timers who land on the waiting list, space permitting. If this is you please email me at hankorenstein@gmail.com to request a spot AFTER you register. This tour is free with voluntary donation to your leader at the end via cash, venmo or zelle.

To Bring: Water to drink, snack and sun protection. We'll have a break at Tompkins Square Park (restrooms).

Note: Please take care of business before the tour. The Strand has a restroom tucked away on the 2nd floor. Other restroom options at nearby Union Square can be found at the Whole Foods market on 14th Street, Nordstrom Rack at 60 East 14th Street There's also a restroom in Union Square Park - on the East Side between 16th and 17th Streets and Barnes & Noble on the north end of the park at 33 East 17th Street.
Think Coffee a block from our meeting place at 123 4th Avenue has a restroom (need a code from a purchase receipt).

Make sure you allow extra travel time given weekend subway changes.

Tour Overview
From the days of the Yiddish Theatre to Andy Warhol’s Electric Circus and Little Ukraine, this neighborhood, formerly part of the Lower East Side is packed with immigrant and counter culture history--past and present.

The East Village features the city's largest array of community gardens of any single neighborhood in the United States and we'll be sure to visit some of them, along with historic Stuyvesant Street, lively Tompkins Square Park, the Charlie Parker residence, and unique houses of worship, including St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, the final resting place of Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam in the mid-17th century.

We'll discover traces of Kleinedeutschland (Little Germany) and will also learn about how this neighborhood has made its mark as a center for cutting edge music and theatre arts, along with the squatter’s (urban homesteading) movement and the counter-culture. Optional after party for a drink and/or a bite after the tour.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Hank
646-596-3005
hankorenstein@gmail.com

Photo credit: Group member Ariel