Hands-On Exercises

LaGuardia Community College

Hands-On Exercises NYC History Dr. J. Reitano

Enjoy exploring history on your own by completing each of the following exercises. Submit one a week: Jan 24, Jan 31 and Feb 1. You can submit them in any order as long as they are not all bunched up together.

Halls and Walls: Walk the Halls and study the Walls. Select at least two historical panels that you find interesting. Explain why they caught your attention. Are they amusing, enlightening, surprising? Indicate the number of each panel. Restaurant: Savor NYC’s diversity by eating food that is NEW to you in a restaurant that is NOT in your neighborhood. Indicate the name and location of the restaurant. Write a restaurant review. How did the food differ from your usual type of food? Did the place have any special ethnic decorations? Were you reluctant to experiment? Did you feel welcome? If possible, submit a menu.

Historic Site Visit:

Briefly identify the site and its historical significance. Briefly explain what item from the site you found most interesting and why. Do not copy from the brochure. Call ahead for hours, directions, and fees. When fees are suggested, you need only pay a minimal amount. When fees are required, pay the student rate.

Federal Hall: 26 Wall St 212-264-8711 (Stock Mkt, Trinity Church, St Paul’s Chapel) Fraunces Tavern Museum: 54 Pearl Street 212-425-1776 Abigail Adams Smith House: 421 E 61 212-838-6878 Dyckman House: 4881 Bway at 204 St 212-432-5450 Historic Richmondtown: 441 Clarke Ave SI 718-351-1611 Lefferts Homestead: Empire Blvd and Flatbush Ave 718-965-6511 Morris-Jumel Mansion: Roger Morris Park at 160th St 212-923-8088 Old Merchant's House: 29 E 4th St 212-777-1089 Onderdonk House: 1820 Flushing Ave, Ridgewood 718-456-1776 Bowne House: 37-01 Bowne St Flushing 718-359-0528(Friend’sMtg Hse,Flushing Town Hall) Edgar A Poe Cottage: E. Kingsbridge Rd and Grand Concourse Bx 212-881-8900 Van Cortlandt Mansion: Van Cortlandt Park/Bway at 242 ST 212-543-3344 Weeksville Houses: 1698 Bergen St at Buffalo and Rochester Aves Bklyn 718-756-5250 Pieter Claesen Wycoff House: 5900 Clarendon Rd at Ralph Ave Bklyn 718 629-5400 Museum of the City of NY: 103 St and Fifth Ave 212-534-1672 Lower East Side Tenement House: 90 Orchard St 212-431-0233 (Lower East Side) NY Historical Society: 77th St and Central Park West 212-873-3400 NY Transit Museum: Boerum Pl and Schermerhorn St 718-330-3060 NYC Fire Museum: 278 Spring St 212-691-1303 Theodore Roosevelt House: 28 East 20th St 212-260-1616 Museum of American Financial History: 28 Broadway 212-908-4110 Museum of the American Indian: 1 Bowling Green 212-514-3700(Customs Hse,Bowling Green Pk, Battery Pk, Dutch obelisk, Castle Clinton, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island 212-363-3200)