Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy Hosts Architectural Tour, 4/18

FASCINATING ARCHITECTURAL TOUR TO EXPLORE
HISTORY OF HOUSING AND OVERCROWDED
NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE

"O! MULTITUDES!" I:
THREE CENTURIES OF DOMESTIC
ARCHITECTURE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE

WHAT: A PUBLIC WALKING TOUR
WHEN: SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
TIME: 10:45 A.M. (APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 3 ½ HOURS)
WHERE: MEET IN FRONT OF HSBC BANK, 58 BOWERY
(CORNER OF CANAL STREET)
FEE: ADULTS: $18; SENIORS AND STUDENTS: $16.
$2.00 DISCOUNT WITH PRE-REGISTRATION.

Participants will see housing architecture from the Federal era of the 1820's to the pre-housing legislation of 1867. You'll walk from The Edge of Chinatown to Corlears Hook on streets immortalized by activist/ photographer Jacob Riis.

O! Multitudes! II: Three Centuries of Domestic Architecture on the Lower East Side is scheduled for Sunday, May 16, 2010. On this tour, housing on the Lower East Side will continue to be explored.

You can enjoy O! Multitudes! II without having participated in O! Multitudes! I.

For further information, call (212) 374-4100 x 1 or 2 or by e-mail at info@nycjewishtours.org