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Public Tour Schedule About Big Onion Tours Big Onion for July-September 2013 Since 1991, Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc., has led walking tours TOURS through ’s historic districts and ethnic neighborhoods. Our tours uniquely combine the history, architecture, people and July events that make New York one of the greatest in the world. Monday July 8 Historic 11:00 Big Onion tours are the finest, most comprehensive, and thought- provoking walks available. We’ve been called “astoundingly informative” Historic Lower 2:00 by Time Out New York, “rigorously trained” by +Leisure, “expert” Big Onion Tuesday July 9 Revolutionary New York 11:00 by the Washington Post, and “New York’s most prestigious historical-tour Bridge & Heights 2:00 company” by The Rough Guide to New York. Walking Tours Wednesday July 10 Seaport Historic District 11:00 We are proud to partner with some of New York’s leading 2:00 institutions to present the best walking tours in the city. Our programming partners include: The Brooklyn Historical Society, Thursday July 11 Historic 11:00 The Seaport Museum, The New-York Historical “Best ” Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 2:00 Society and WNET-New York Public Media. –New York Magazine East Village 6:00 Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc., is directed by Seth Kamil. Our guides Friday July 12 America’s Museum 11:00 hold advanced degrees in American history from leading universities, Chelsea & the 2:00 including , CUNY and . All guides have teaching experience and are licensed by the City of New Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 6:00 York. Big Onion Walking Tours is a member of NYC & Company. Saturday July 13 SoHo & 11:00 Big Onion offers public ‘show up’ tours year-round. DUMBO & Vinegar Hill 1:00 Satan’s Seat 2:00 Tour Information 5:00 Tours meet at locations specified in tour descriptions. Sunday July 14 Jewish Lower 11:00 Tours last approximately two hours. Historic Fort Greene 12:00 Pricing Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Adults Clash of Titans: The 2:00 $20 Public Tours Monday July 15 Immigrant New York 11:00 $25 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour (includes food) Greenwich Village 2:00 Tuesday July 16 Historic 11:00 Students/Seniors (aged 65+)/BHS & Seaport Members Central Park 2:00 $15 Public Tours Wednesday July 17 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 $20 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour (includes food) Historic Harlem 2:00 We do not require pre-payment for public tours except America’s Thursday July 18 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 11:00 Museum. Just show up and join us at the meeting site. The Multi- Gangs of New York 2:00 Ethnic Eating Tour requires reservations. Greenwich Village 6:00 America’s Museum: Art & History of the Friday July 19 Seaport Historic District 11:00 $40 Adults DUMBO & Vinegar Hill 2:00 $34 Seniors (aged 65+) Chelsea & the High Line 6:00 Saturday July 20 Historic Harlem 11:00 $28 Students Irish New York 1:00 America’s Museum Tour requires reservations and advance 2:00 payment. Cost INCLUDES full Metropolitan Museum admission fee. Tour fee is 85% refundable with at least 48 hours advance notice. Satan’s Seat 5:00 BHS & Seaport discounts do not apply to America’s Museum tour. Big Sunday July 21 Immigrant New York 11:00 Onion The Upper 12:00 Private and Group Tours Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 All Big Onion tours are available for private and group bookings. We East Village 2:00 are available to lead private and group tours seven days a week, at Monday July 22 SoHo & NoLiTa 11:00 almost any time of day. Big Onion can accommodate groups of 1 to Central Park 2:00 500. Our tours are highly recommended for educational field trips, alumni associations, corporate events, new-hire orientations, and Tuesday July 23 Gangs of New York 11:00 visiting clients, relatives or family. Fee minimums apply. Greenwich Village 2:00 212-439-1090 or Wednesday July 24 Chelsea & the High Line 11:00 Contact Us Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 2:00 Phone: 212-439-1090 or (888) 606-WALK (9255) 888-606-WALK (9255) Thursday July 25 Immigrant New York 11:00 To book a private tour: Extension 5 www.bigonion.com Historic Harlem 2:00 E-mail: [email protected] Online: www.bigonion.com Central Park 6:00 Fax: (718) 499-0023 Friday July 26 & Union Square 11:00 Mail: Seth Kamil, President Clash of Titans: The Upper East Side 2:00 Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 6:00 476 Thirteenth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 July - September 2013 Visit www.bigonion.com/schedule for up-to-the-minute tour information. Big Onion Public Tour Schedule for July-September 2013 *Special and tours are listed in color.

Saturday July 27 America’s Museum 11:00 Thursday Aug 15 SoHo & NoLiTa 11:00 Monday Sept 2 Immigrant New York 11:00 Chelsea & the High Line 1:00 Greenwich Village 2:00 We Built New York 2:00 Historic Brooklyn Heights 2:00 Historic Lower Manhattan 6:00 Tuesday Sept 3 Historic Lower Manhattan 11:00 Greenwich Village 5:00 Friday Aug 16 Immigrant New York 11:00 Historic Harlem 2:00 Sunday July 28 Historic Lower Manhattan 11:00 Satan’s Seat 2:00 Wednesday Sept 4 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Central Park 12:00 DUMBO & Vinegar Hill 6:00 Gangs of New York 2:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Saturday Aug 17 East Village 11:00 Thursday Sept 5 Immigrant New York 11:00 DUMBO & Vinegar Hill 2:00 Seaport Historic District 1:00 Greenwich Village 2:00 Monday July 29 Historic Times Square 11:00 Greenwich Village 2:00 Friday Sept 6 Central Park 11:00 Immigrant New York 2:00 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 5:00 Gramercy Park & Union Square 2:00 Tuesday July 30 Historic Harlem 11:00 Sunday Aug 18 Historic Harlem 11:00 Saturday Sept 7 Historic Harlem 11:00 Satan’s Seat 2:00 Historic Fort Greene 12:00 Seaport Historic District 12:00 Wednesday July 31 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Gangs of New York 1:00 Seaport Historic District 2:00 Central Park 2:00 Chelsea & the High Line 2:00 Monday Aug 19 Historic Times Square 11:00 August Sunday Sept 8 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Immigrant New York 2:00 The 12:00 Thursday Aug 1 America’s Museum 11:00 Tuesday Aug 20 Historic Lower Manhattan 11:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 2:00 Greenwich Village 2:00 Satan’s Seat 2:00 Greenwich Village 6:00 Wednesday Aug 21 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Friday Aug 2 East Village 11:00 Historic Harlem 2:00 Monday Sept 9 East Village 11:00 Immigrant New York 2:00 Thursday Aug 22 Gangs of New York 11:00 Chelsea & the High Line 2:00 Central Park 6:00 Central Park 2:00 Tuesday Sept 10 Greenwich Village 11:00 Saturday Aug 3 Historic Lower Manhattan 11:00 Chelsea & the High Line 6:00 Historic Lower Manhattan 2:00 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 1:00 Friday Aug 23 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 11:00 Wednesday Sept 11 Central Park 11:00 Historic Harlem 2:00 Gramercy Park & Union Square 2:00 Historic Harlem 2:00 Chelsea & the High Line 5:00 America’s Museum 6:00 Thursday Sept 12 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 11:00 Sunday Aug 4 Chinatown 11:00 Saturday Aug 24 Clash of Titans: The Upper East Side 11:00 SoHo & NoLiTa 2:00 Central Park 12:00 Prospect Park 1:00 Friday Sept 13 Clash of Titans: The Upper East Side 11:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Satan’s Seat 2:00 Immigrant New York 2:00 Prospect Park 2:00 Central Park 5:00 Saturday Sept 14 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Monday Aug 5 SoHo & NoLiTa 11:00 Sunday Aug 25 Greenwich Village 11:00 Greenwich Village 12:00 Gramercy Park & Union Square 2:00 Park Slope 12:00 Historic Lower Manhattan 1:00 Tuesday Aug 6 Immigrant New York 11:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Central Park 2:00 Greenwich Village 2:00 The Upper West Side 2:00 Sunday Sept 15 Jewish 11:00 Wednesday Aug 7 Gangs of New York 11:00 Monday Aug 26 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Prospect Park 12:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 2:00 East Village 2:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Thursday Aug 8 Chelsea & the High Line 11:00 Tuesday Aug 27 SoHo & NoLiTa 11:00 East Village 2:00 Historic Lower Manhattan 2:00 Revolutionary New York 2:00 Monday Sept 16 Historic Times Square 11:00 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 6:00 Wednesday Aug 28 Historic Harlem 11:00 Historic Lower Manhattan 1:00 Friday Aug 9 America’s Museum 11:00 Immigrant New York 2:00 Historic Harlem 2:00 Tuesday Sept 17 Gangs of New York 11:00 Thursday Aug 29 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 11:00 Central Park 1:00 Satan’s Seat 6:00 DUMBO & Vinegar Hill 2:00 Wednesday Sept 18 Immigrant New York 11:00 Saturday Aug 10 Central Park 11:00 Satan’s Seat 6:00 Seaport Historic District 1:00 Historic Brooklyn Heights 1:00 Friday Aug 30 Central Park 11:00 Thursday Sept 19 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 The Upper West Side 2:00 Gangs of New York 2:00 Chelsea & the High Line 1:00 Greenwich Village 5:00 Chelsea & the High Line 6:00 Friday Sept 20 America’s Museum 11:00 Sunday Aug 11 Jewish Lower East Side 11:00 Saturday Aug 31 Immigrant New York 11:00 Gramercy Park & Union Square 12:00 Greenwich Village 1:00 Greenwich Village 1:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Historic Lower Manhattan 2:00 Saturday Sept 21 Chinatown 11:00 Clash of Titans: The Upper East Side 2:00 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 5:00 Clash of Titans: The Upper East Side 12:00 Monday Aug 12 Gangs of New York 11:00 DUMBO & Vinegar Hill 1:00 Historic Harlem 2:00 September Satan’s Seat 2:00 Tuesday Aug 13 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 11:00 Sunday Sept 1 Chelsea & the High Line 11:00 Sunday Sept 22 Central Park 11:00 Chelsea & the High Line 2:00 Historic Harlem 12:00 Park Slope 12:00 Wednesday Aug 14 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 11:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour 1:00 Central Park 2:00 Central Park 2:00 Brooklyn Bridge & Heights 2:00

America’s Museum: Art & History The Original Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour of the Metropolitan Reservations Required Originally founded in 1870 with 174 paintings, the Metropolitan Museum Our “noshing” tour combines the history and gastronomy of the multi-ethnic has grown to cover more than 2 million square feet – the same size as the Lower East Side. Learn about the Jewish East Side, Little Italy and Chinatown Empire State Building! This tour, led by Big Onion guides who are PhD as we walk through the neighborhoods sampling traditional foods from candidates in Art History, will take you through the museum in a new some of the most significant and historic shops & markets in the area. and unique way. While discussing a diverse selection of the magnificent MEET: Southwest corner of Delancey & Essex Streets, in front of the Chase Bank. works of art we will also explore America’s most popular museum in the TRAINS: F to , J/M/Z to . context of New York’s greater cultural history. This tour could include: Canova’s Perseus and Medusa, the Pompeii Cubiculum, some of New ...... York’s most iconic civic sculptures including Diana by Augustus Saint- Historic Lower Manhattan Gaudens, as well as the stories of , JP Morgan, Luigi Explore the neighborhood where New York began! Meeting on the Palma Di Cesnola, and the only Met Benefactor to be eaten by cannibals. former site of the Dutch Fort Amsterdam, this tour will span 400 years Our tour is limited to 20 participants per guide. of history. From the original Dutch settlement and trading Seaport Historic District & Museum Reservations and pre-payment are required for this tour. Fee: $40 outpost at Bowling Green, to the peaceful takeover of the British in A walking tour exploring the Seaport Historic District and inside the per adult; $34 for seniors; and $28 for full time students. Cost 1664, to the world financial capital of today, this tour has it all. Our walk Museum. The East River waterfront was crucial INCLUDES full Metropolitan Museum admission fee. For tour refund weaves together the history of Lower Manhattan with the architecture, to the early . By the 19th century the area’s policy and additional details please view our website description people and events that power “”. We could visit many stops booming shipping industry helped move New York to become the www.bigonion.com/tours/americas_museum. including Trinity Church, , the New-York Stock Exchange, world’s commercial epicenter. On this tour we will explore the history, sites associated with 18th century slave uprisings, , architecture, and people of the oldest intact Manhattan neighborhood. To make reservations for this tour please email [email protected] George Washington, Victoria Woodhull, JP Morgan and Abbie Hoffman. or telephone (212) 439-1090 ext. 4 or (888) 606-WALK ext 4. Co-Sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum, this tour will MEET: Front steps of the U.S. Custom House, located at Bowling Green. include admission and a guided tour inside the Museum at no additional MEET: In front of the group admission door located at 5th Avenue and 81st Street. This entrance is TRAINS: 4/5 to Bowling Green, R to , 1 to South Ferry. charge. Stops could include: Schermerhorn Row; the Paris Café; to the left of the main Met staircase. Please look for our guide holding a sign that reads “Big ...... Old Fulton Fish Market; the Black Ball Line; and the stories of Joseph Onion Walking Tours”. Revolutionary New York Mitchell, Thomas Edison, George Washington, and Herman Melville. TRAINS: 6 train to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to . The C train to 81st Street exits across Central MEET: The northeast corner of & Fulton Street, in front of the Chase Bank. Park from the Museum. A tour of Lower Manhattan visiting sites associated with our nation’s TRAINS: A/C/J/Z/2/3/4/5 to Fulton Street. War of Independence and New York’s role in the early Republic. Stops could include: Fraunces Tavern, the graves of Alexander Hamilton and ...... Big Onion in General Richard Montgomery, Federal Hall, and sites associated with Big Onion has been featured at Forbes.com as “World’s Best City George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, and Albert Gallatin. Jewish Lower East Side Walk in New York”. See the article at: http://www.forbes.com/ MEET: Intersection of Broadway and Murray Street, at gated entrance to . Stroll through more than 150 years of Jewish history on the Lower East Side TRAINS: 2/3 to Park Place, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge, R to City Hall. as we explore one of the fastest changing neighborhoods in Manhattan. 2010/08/18/city-walking-tours-lifestyle-travel-.html...... Our tour combines historic and religious sites, politics and people of what was once the largest Jewish community in the world. Stops could include: Gift Certificates Immigrant New York the founding site of the B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Daily Forward building, A walking tour through the many layers of the multi-ethnic Lower East Hester Street, the historic Synagogue, sites associated Give Big Onion tours! Side to see the historic and architectural landmarks associated with with Lillian Wald, Rabbi Jacob Joseph, Ab. Cahan, and Jacob Riis. MEET: Southwest corner of Delancey & Essex Streets, in front of the Chase Bank. Big Onion offers gift certificates for public tours as well as for private African, Chinese, German, Irish, Italian, Jewish and Latino immigrants. Stops could include: The “Tweed” Courthouse, Five Points, the African TRAINS: F to Delancey Street, J/M/Z to Essex Street. walks. Gift certificates are good for one year from date of issue and Burial Ground, and sites associated with Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Jacob Riis, ...... can be used on any of our walking tours Abraham Cahan, Pierre Toussaint, Emma Goldman, and many others. MEET: The southeast corner of Broadway & Chambers Street, at City Hall Park. The East Village Frequent Walker Card TRAINS: 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge, 1/2/3/A/C/E to Chambers Street, R to City Hall. Explore the area made famous by radicals and immigrants alike, ...... combining the history of German, Ukrainian, and Jewish immigrants Our Frequent Walker Card is a prepaid discount card for the show-up with that of labor activism and the Second Avenue Stage. Stops could tours offered by Big Onion Walking Tours. The card is available for The “Official” Gangs of New York include: the Fillmore East, St. Mark’s Church-in-the-, and sites adults, students or seniors. Simply prepay for five Big Onion tours ($100 A tour exploring the legends and lore of Five Points and Herbert associated with Peter Cooper, Dorthy Day, Peter Stuyvesant, Sophie Asbury’s 1927 classic The Gangs of New York – the inspiration for Martin Tucker, and the General Slocum disaster of 1904. for adults and $75 for students & seniors) and the sixth walk is free. Scorsese’s film. Stops could include: Paradise Square, “Murderer’s MEET: The Black Cube at . TRAINS: 6 to Astor Place, R to 8th Street. For more information please call us at 888.606.WALK (9255) or email ”, the African Burial Ground, the lost intersection of Five Points, us at [email protected]. and sites associated with Bill “the Butcher” Poole, William M. Tweed, ...... Master Juba, and the 1857 Police and 1863 Draft Riots. MEET: The southeast corner of Broadway & Chambers Street, at City Hall Park. Chelsea & the High Line Big Onion Books TRAINS: 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge, 1/2/3/A/C/E to Chambers Street, R to City Hall. Our tour explores the historic and architectural evolution of the area Take a Big Onion tour when the time is right for you! ...... originally named for the London borough. Chelsea features a dynamic and rich history as it moved from rural farmland in the 1700s to the Chinatown industrial hub of Manhattan in the early 1900s. Our walk will include New York hosts the largest “Chinatown” in the Western Hemisphere. the High Line (conditions permitting). Stops could include: The Chelsea This neighborhood is a diverse Asian community settled by people , “Death Alley”, General Theological Seminary, sites associated from many provinces of mainland China, as well as Taiwan, Vietnam, with , Clement Clark Moore, Janis Joplin, , and Thailand, and Malaysia. Learn about Chinese immigration as our tour the birthplace of the Oreo cookie. could stop at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, the MEET: In front of the Chelsea Hotel, 222 West (between 7th & 8th Avenues). Church of the Transfiguration, the Lee Family Association, the Lin Zeju TRAINS: A/C/E/F/1 to 23rd Street. and Confucius statues, and outdoor markets. Photo Credits: “Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan, Unknown; “Bowery from MEET: The southeast corner of Grand & Chrystie Streets, at Roosevelt Park. to ”, Geo P. Hall, 1903. All courtesy of the Collection of The New-York TRAINS: B/D to Grand Street. Historical Society

“Satan’s Seat”: Historic Fort Greene New York During Prohibition A walking tour exploring one of Brooklyn’s most diverse neighborhoods. Created in conjunction with WNET New York Public Media, a walking Join us as we stroll the streets of this wonderful neighborhood with tour based on the 2011 Ken Burns’ documentary “Prohibition”. On forays into Clinton Hill and the area surrounding the . our walk we will discuss and explore the history, politics, culture and Stops could include sites associated with the Underground Railroad, speakeasies of New York in the Roaring ‘20s - one of the most volatile Spike Lee, , Stanford White, Richard Wright, and the eras in American history. Stops could include: McGuirk’s Suicide Hall, Arbuckle family. Tour developed in association with the Brooklyn the “White House”, Chumley’s and sites associated with Margaret Economic Development Corporation. Sanger, Carrie Nation, and Henry D. Cogswell. MEET: The southeast corner of Avenue and Flatbush Avenue under the large red BAM MEET: Northeast corner of Bowery & Street, in front of the community garden. sign. TRAINS: 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, M, N, Q, R, to Atlantic/Pacific and the LIRR . TRAINS: F to Second Avenue; 6 to ; B/D/F/M to Broadway-Lafayette...... DUMBO & Vinegar Hill We Built New York Central Park Come explore DUMBO and Vinegar Hill, once the center of Brooklyn’s industrial era and later a thriving artistic community. Our walk combines A Labor History Tour Manhattan’s collective backyard is actually the largest man-made work of art in the city. Designed by and as a the history, architecture, people and contemporary of Weaving though the Central & East Village and the Lower East Side, place of spiritual uplift, today New Yorkers use it for much more. Stops could these lesser-known neighborhoods. Stops could include the Eskimo this tour features the role that immigrants and the labor movement include: the , , the Ramble, Bow Bridge, the Pie factory, Brooklyn’s “Gracie Mansion,” historic Fulton Ferry, and sites have played in the growth of New York City. Stops could include sites Lake, , the Casino, and the site of the “rocking chair” riot. associated with George Washington, , John Roebling, Jean associated with the first Labor Day Parade in 1882, the ILGWU, the MEET: Northeast corner of and Central Park West. Nouvel and America’s oldest national chain store. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Samuel Gompers, Emma Goldman, TRAINS: 1 to 66th Street, B/C to . MEET: NE corner of Jay St & York St, next to the York St F train station. TRAINS: F train to York Street. Peter Cooper, and Clara Lemlich...... MEET: Northeast corner of Washington Square North and , opposite the Washington ...... Square . Upper East Side: A Clash of Titans Prospect Park TRAINS: 6 toAstor Place, R to 8th Street, A/B/C/D/E/F to West , 1 to . Explore one of the most luxurious neighborhoods in the world as we Designed by Olmsted & Vaux and covering almost 600 acres, Prospect ...... delve into the personalities, scandals, and institutions that have made it Park is a masterpiece of design, including a 60-acre lake, meadows, so legendary. Our tour will include a visit inside one of New York’s most hills, and waterfalls, not to mention Brooklyn’s only remaining natural significant historic galleries and landmarked townhouses. Stops could forest. Stops could include: the Oriental Pavilion, the Vale of Cashmere, Gramercy Park & Union Square include: the Armory, the Frick Mansion, and sites associated Revisit the tumult of Union Square, once home to both fashionable the Long Meadow, the Camperdown Elm, and sites associated with with Richard Morris Hunt, Alexander Calder, Stanford White, as well as the Stanford White, Lord Stirling, and Marianne Moore. theater and socialist rallies. Then we stroll to the refined streets of the Morgan, Tiffany, Vanderbilt and Houdini families. MEET: The intersection of Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, at the Marquis de Lafayette exclusive enclave which surrounds New York’s only private park. Stops MEET: SW corner & 68th Street, in front of Hunter College. memorial. TRAINS: F to Seventh Avenue. could include: , the Players Club, and the former homes TRAINS: 6 to 68th Street; F train to Lexington/63rd St. of Stanford White and Theodore Roosevelt...... MEET: The George Washington Statue located on the side of Union Square. TRAINS: 4/5/6/N/R/L to Union Square. The Upper West Side Park Slope ...... Beginning at , whose recent redesign has re-shaped what it Explore Brooklyn’s “Gold Coast.” As one of New York’s finest residential means to be in outdoor public space in New York City, our Upper West Side neighborhoods, Park Slope is a landmark district filled with remarkable Greenwich Village tour ties in all three phases into this historic and ever-evolving neighborhood. brownstone architecture and splendid history. Stops could include: The Opulent architecture, scandalous social history, and progressive religious and Montauk Club, Litchfield Villa, Grand Army Plaza, and sites associated Stroll through New York’s unique and legendary home to artists, writers class reform all intersect at key stops on this tour. Stops could include Lincoln with architect Charles P.H. Gilbert, Mayor William Gaynor, and the site and radicals, with a special emphasis on the history and architecture of Center, the Dakota, The American Museum of Natural History, The Ansonia, and of the 1960 plane crash. this neighborhood. Stops could include: the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory stops associated with Florence Mills, Mae West, , James Dean, MEET: Southeast corner of Plaza Street West and Flatbush Avenue, at the newsstand. fire, the “hanging elm”, the , and sites associated with The New York Dolls, and the Charleston. TRAINS: 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza. Stanford White, Aaron Burr, Edith Wharton, John Sloan, and Tom Paine. MEET: The southwest of Broadway & West 66th Street, in front of Avery Hall/Juilliard School...... MEET: Northeast corner Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South, in front of Duplex. TRAINS: 1 to 66th. TRAINS: 1 to Christopher Street, A/B/C/D/E/F to West 4th Street...... Historic Brooklyn Heights ...... Explore New York City’s first Landmark District on a special tour Historic Harlem co-sponsored with Brooklyn Historical Society. We will discuss the SoHo & NoLiTa At the center of African-American history and culture, Harlem is one of New neighborhood’s agricultural roots, its emergence as the country’s first Trace the historic evolution of the area “South of Houston” and the York’s most significant neighborhoods, featuring a wide array of historic suburb, and its 20th century decline and dramatic regeneration. Stops district “North of Little Italy” from remote farmland to the Cast Iron churches, theaters, clubs and homes. Stops could include: Abyssinian could include: The Hotel St George, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, District. Stops could include: the “little” Singer Building, and many Baptist Church, Striver’s Row, the Apollo Theater, the Big Apple , and sites associated with Seth Low, George Washington, Arthur Miller, revolutionary cast iron structures, Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and sites and sites associated with the W.E.B. Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, WEB DuBois, and Gypsy Rose Lee. Madame C.J. Walker, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and many others. associated with Weegee, James Bogardus, and . Meet: Steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall, facing the plaza. Trains: R/2/3/4/5 to Borough Hall; A/C/F to Jay Street. MEET: Southeast corner of Spring & Lafayette, in front of the Duane Reade drugstore. MEET: Northwest corner of 135th Street & Lenox (Malcolm X) Avenue – in front of the Schomburg ...... TRAINS: 6 to Spring Street, R to Prince Street. Center. TRAINS: 2/3 to 135th Street...... The Brooklyn Bridge & Heights Before Stonewall: Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and recount the dramatic story of how it Historic Times Square was built. Then stroll the Heights to explore the rich architectural, Join us as we explore the vast history, architecture, theater and A Gay & History Tour social and literary history. Stops could include: abolitionist Henry Ward underworld of legendary Times Square – the Crossroads of the World. Discover the many facets of lesbian and gay history as we trace the Beecher’s Plymouth Church, many exquisite examples of 19th-century Stops could include: The New-York Public Library, Astor Hotel, Palace development of Greenwich Village. Stops could include: The Stonewall architecture, and sites associated with Walt Whitman, , Theater, Sardi’s and sites associated with the Shuberts, Flo Ziegfeld, Inn, The Duplex, and sites associated with , , Arthur Miller, and Emily Roebling. Tour concludes on the Promenade in Bob Hope, Fanny Brice, and Damon Runyon. , and . Brooklyn Heights with a spectacular view of Manhattan. MEET: The southeast corner of & , at . MEET: Northeast corner of Washington Square North and Fifth Avenue, opposite the Arch. MEET: The southeast corner of Broadway & Chambers Street, at City Hall Park. TRAINS: 1/2/3/7/B/D/F/Q/N/R to 42nd Street/Times Square. TRAINS: 6 to Astor Place, R to 8th Street, A/B/C/D/E/F to West 4th Street, 1 to Christopher Street TRAINS: 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge, 1/2/3/A/C/E to Chambers Street, R to City Hall.