Public Tour Schedule

Astor Place; Old New York
Saturdays @ 2:00pm

City Hall to Brooklyn Bridge
Mondays @ 2:00pm

East Village History
Fridays @ 2:00pm

Five Points / Chinatown
Sundays @ 2:00pm

Gangsters, Murderers & Weirdos
Tues & Sat @ 11:00am

Riots, Protests & Rebellion
Thursdays @ 11:00am

Sacred Spaces
Thursdays @ 3:30pm

Women Movers & Shakers
Wednesdays @ 11:00am

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NYC's East Village is famously known as the counter-culture capital of the world and center of radical arts and activism in America; Though, as part of the greater Lower East Side, it is one of the most historic neighborhoods in the country...
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Below are some galleries full of historic and contemporary images of the East Village and Lower East Side.

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Historic Bowery
Historic Astor Place
Alphabet City 1970's & 80's
     
Tenement Life
Immigrant Life
Historic East Village
     
Early Manhattan Island
Gangsters and Criminals
 
     
     
     

 

 


 

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    January 13, 6:45pm
    A discussion about community landmarking efforts in support of this historic building

Welcome to the East Village!

Interactive Google map with local landmarks and points of interest.

A brief history of the East Village, Lower East Side, and New York City.

From Native Americans and Dutch settlers to modern day gentrification.

Free East Village / Lower East Side guided tours by the EVHP.

Other Stuff

ask a ny tour guide Check out EVHP founder Eric Ferrara's new interactive column, Ask a NY Tour Guide gangs of the lower east side Trace the steps of NYC's most notorious gangsters, an EVHP project: Gangs of the Lower East Side save the lower east side Get the inside scoop on local politics in EVHP co-founder, Rob Hollander's, Save The Lower East Side