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Jane's Walk NYC 2025: Warriors Seweckenamo and Kimlau: From Lenape Village to Chinatown
05/04/2025 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM ET
Admission
- Free
Summary
2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the Lt. B. R. Kimlau Post 1291 and the 400th Anniversary of Dutch colonization of Lower Manhattan, which is currently home to Chinese and others. The tour begins at the Collect Pond Park, location of the former Lenape fresh water reservoir. The tour then proceeds to the heart of old Chinatown through the old Five Point at Baxter and Worth, then through Mosco (Corky Lee Way) toward Mott Street noting address such as 5-7, 16, 24, 37, 38. On Pell Street, the tour will note 18, 24, 22 1/2, 21 (Hu Shih, Lee Towe Memorial). Stopping at the “Bloody Angle” to visit the former Chinese Theater and the current Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office on Doyers Street, the tour will end at Chatham Square, now promoted as Kimlau Square in a proposed 55 million dollar renovation.
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