Known to many as America's "meting pot," the Lower East Side on New York City is arguably one of the most historically significant neighborhoods in the country. Explore over a thousand years of innovation and influence; from Native Americans and Dutch Settlers to the epicenter of American industry -- from a shelter for the world's "tired, weak and poor" to modern day gentrification -- the Lower East Side has adapted to many changes, often with great sacrifice.

The Lower East Side is the birthplace of modern day, working-class, multi-ethnic, industrial America, and played host to great advancements in labor and women's rights, arts & entertainment, social service, and education, to name a few. Explore Native American villages, African-American settlements, Dutch and English Colonial life, European and Asian immigration -- and the influence these waves of migrants had on shaping the character of our Nation.

W/ LESHP director, Eric Ferrara

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