Day 19: Take a Walking Tour of NYC
This started out as my friends and I were to sign up for a guided walking out of The Five Points, Chinatown and The Lower East Side. Due to the tour guide being unavailable I ended up buying her book “Inside The Apple” which features 14 self-guided walking tours.
http://www.insidetheapple.net/
Seven of us went, and being that six out of seven were tour guides, we decided that we could give ourselves the tour!
It took about three and a half hours (a bit too long but I must have gotten a lot of steps in so it was good for the waist line) and we saw so many things I never knew about in NYC. Did you know that the term “Slumming” originated from wealthy people in Manhattan hire Irish police offers to take them on tours of The Five Points?
It was a great activity to do with friends as we could chat between stops. Between the history and my friends I barely noticed all the exercise I was getting (until the walk was over and my feet hurt). I would recommend the book and the walk to anyone who wants to learn the history of New York while getting to see it.
This started out as my friends and I were to sign up for a guided walking out of The Five Points, Chinatown and The Lower East Side. Due to the tour guide being unavailable I ended up buying her book “Inside The Apple” which features 14 self-guided walking tours.
http://www.insidetheapple.net/
Seven of us went, and being that six out of seven were tour guides, we decided that we could give ourselves the tour!
It took about three and a half hours (a bit too long but I must have gotten a lot of steps in so it was good for the waist line) and we saw so many things I never knew about in NYC. Did you know that the term “Slumming” originated from wealthy people in Manhattan hire Irish police offers to take them on tours of The Five Points?
It was a great activity to do with friends as we could chat between stops. Between the history and my friends I barely noticed all the exercise I was getting (until the walk was over and my feet hurt). I would recommend the book and the walk to anyone who wants to learn the history of New York while getting to see it.
Lisa stopping to buy candy in Chinatown.
The First Tenement Building
Sam and Jenn on "The Bloody Angle".
"Doyers Street in Chinatown, New York is called The Bloody Angle for its violent history. Doyers is a street with a sharp corner (hence the name) and departs from Bowery just below Canal Street. The street witnessed a remarkable number of shootings among the Tong Gangs of Chinatown between 1870 and 1930. The street was ideal for street battles not just because of its angle but also because of the tunnels that connected the buildings." According the Wikipedia
Meredith in front of The First Cemetry of The Spanish and Portugese Synagoge Sherith Israel 1656-1833
Sam, Jenn, Christie and Gillian in front of St Augustines.
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to get to know the city before your life takes you somewhere even more exciting!
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