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Seller: EllisIsland
(Ellis Island Tours)
Seller Description:
Tom Bernardin has been a resident of Greenwich Village since 1974 and has spent those 35 years exploring the neighborhood he proudly calls home.
Active in preservation and community affairs, he is involved with several neighbood organizations and writes regularily for the Federation of Greenwich Village Block Associations newsletter.
Highly opinionated, well-informed and eager to share, he is a licensed New York City guide specializing in Greenwich Village and Ellis Island. He is the author of The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook and former ranger at pre-restoration Ellis Island.
In addition, he is the founder of Save America's Clocks, a not-for-profit preservation organization concerned with America's public clocks.
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Activity Information:
Activity Description
Join us for a unique view into one of New York City's most diverse and storied neighborhoods.
This walking tour of Greenwich Village is the best and most enjoyable way to learn of the rich cultural, social and architectural history of America's most unique neighborhood.
We cover a lot of turf as we explore the meandering streets of America's Left Bank, walking what were once the paths of Native Americans, and then boundaries between Dutch boweries (farms) and English country estates.
On our walk, we learn of the sudden move uptown when cholera struck lower Manhattan and how Greenwich suddenly became Greenwich Village, home to freed blacks, Irish immigrants, bohemians, artists, writers and musicians...creating an environment hospitable to free thinkers, socialists, homosexuals and others wishing to escape the confines of middle class conformity.
Meeting Location:
Geenwich Village (New York, NY)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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