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The Bowery: 400 Years on New York's Oldest Street
06/08/2025 11:00 AM ET
Admission
- $35.00
Summary
[In-person tour] NYC’s oldest street, the Bowery, was a Native American footpath, Dutch farm road, site of the first free Black homesteads, and the city’s first entertainment district. Stretching 1.25 miles from Chatham Square to Cooper Square, it was the stomping ground for sailors, shopgirls, gangs, gays, and immigrant Irish, Italians, Chinese, Jews and Germans. It has important historical-cultural links to Washington, Lincoln, baseball, tap dance, tattoo, Yiddish theater, vaudeville, Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Harry Houdini, and Mae West. In the 1900s, it was America’s iconic skid row, but its arts scene helped foster Abstract Expressionism, Beat Literature, and free jazz and punk rock. Among NYC’s most architecturally diverse streets--including its oldest brick house--in 2013 it was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Join David Mulkins, author of ""The Bowery"", a just-released illustrated history.
For all tours, there are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges unless we cancel a tour. Online registration closes one hour prior to the tour start time.
For all tours, there are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges unless we cancel a tour. Online registration closes one hour prior to the tour start time.
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