1,000 Years of NYC History walking tour
Schedule
Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am to Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Foley Square, Centre Street, New York, NY, USA | New York, NY
EVERY TUESDAY at 10:00am $30pp (RSVP required)
(Also available as a private tour $200 per group)
MORE INFO: https://www.leshp.org/1000-years-of-new-york-city-history-walking-tour/
This exciting and insightful walking tour goes off the beaten path and goes beyond the familiar narrative by covering a hundreds of years of important history; from Native Americans to modern-day gentrification. Trace the evolution of Lower Manhattan from wilderness and farmland to center of international trade & commerce.
Utilizing generations of insight rare maps photos documents articles and oral histories not found elsewhere LESHP digs deep into the city’s early forgotten history.
Visited on tour:
- Sites of Native American villages and trails
- Sites of freed slave districts
- The notorious Five Points former Irish and African enclave
- Former immigrant tenement districts
- Chinatown
- Historic churches theaters restaurants shops
- Popular landmarks and sites of interest
Discussed on tour:
- Native American life
- European colonization
- African slavery experience
- British occupation and the Revolutionary War
- Evolution of NYC from farmland to center of international trade & commerce
- Truth about the movie “Gangs of New York”
- Various ethnic populations and influences (Puerto Rican Chinese Italian etc.)
- Changes presently affecting the New York City
- And much more!
Where is it happening?
Foley Square, Centre Street, New York, NY, USA, United StatesUSD 30.00
