Sats & Weds @ 12:00pm
This is a crash course in East Village history; From farmlands of the 1600s to counterculture capital of America.

This is a crash course in East Village/Lower East Side history. From the farmlands of the 1600s and the wealthy estates of the 1700s, to immigration, tenements, the "melting pot" and how the East Village became a haven for artists and counter culturalists in the twentieth century (and everything in between.)

When: Every Saturday & Wednesday at 12:00pm
Reservations: Not Required, you can pay your guide
Fee: $20 General Admission / $15 LESpass Members
Meet: in front of Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (Map/Directions)
Subway:  F train to "2nd Avenue/Lower East Side" or 6 train to "Bleecker/Lafayette"
Also available as a PRIVATE TOUR

Your Guide:

Andrea Coyle, Director of Outreach and Membership for Lower East Side History Project, is a native New Yorker, a licensed NYC tour guide, a member of The Guides Association of NYC, and a graphic artist. She is a community activist and is passionate about preserving the fabric of NYC neighborhoods. Andrea was an early education preschool teacher, and she also volunteers for Big Apple Greeter. In addition, she was recently on the annual awards committee for The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, and is currently working with groups such as the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, and Save Coney Island.

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