On hiatus for the Summer
Post WWII America brought a new wave of artists, students, intellectuals and freethinkers to the Lower East Side. The radical and countercultural spirit of the predominantly immigrant, working-class neighborhood inspired new art forms in literature, music, performing arts. On this tour explore the homes, hangouts and galleries which defined a generation.

Tour on hiatus for the Summer.

Your Guide:

Cary Abrams is a native New Yorker who graduated from Stuyvesant HS, City College and NYU and has been involved in local politics and arts since the 1960s. He is a retired NYC public school history teacher who developed training materials for institutions like the Whitney Museum and has written and presented numerous papers on local history, including The New York School of Poets and their relation to the Beats, at the 1994 NYU Beat Conference.

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